PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda ishmali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Epik Fail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

ishmali
vs
Fail

210 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panda ishmali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Epik Fail!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ishmali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fail moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
ishmali fails in his attempt to clinch.
ishmali has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A cross from Fail lands.
ishmali swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

ishmali closes the distance and pushes Fail back into the cage.
ishmali lands a good knee to the midsection. Fail won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

ishmali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
ishmali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
ishmali moves away from the strike by Fail.
Fail throws a right and a left that ishmali avoids nicely.
ishmali throws a combination that misses
and Fail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

ishmali gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Fail manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ishmali working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fail's head.

ishmali got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fail has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, ishmali has managed to get both his arms back between Fail's legs - danger averted.
ishmali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ishmali is in close to Fail's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Fail has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think ishmali should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Fail has tightened it up now! ishmali should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Epik Fail!