PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Groo Roman Groo Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Magallanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Groo Roman is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Groo Roman Groo Roman looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Roman Groo Roman
vs
Magallanes

180 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Groo Roman Groo Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fernando Magallanes!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magallanes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Groo Roman is breathing heavily.

Magallanes throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Groo Roman was covering up waiting for the punch and Magallanes finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Magallanes pushes down on Groo Roman's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ground and pound from Magallanes.
Magallanes working over Groo Roman with some ground and pound. Groo Roman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Magallanes winds up and cracks Groo Roman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Groo Roman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Magallanes on the ground.
Magallanes slips a nice elbow through Groo Roman's hands, connecting with Groo Roman's forehead.
Magallanes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magallanes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Magallanes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Magallanes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Magallanes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magallanes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Magallanes moves nicely into side control.
Magallanes is putting a hurting on Groo Roman here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magallanes advances nicely into full mount.
Groo Roman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Groo Roman tries to get out of the position.
Groo Roman is bucking up trying to escape but Magallanes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Magallanes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Magallanes landing strikes, looking to finish!
Magallanes lands a big shot there that rocks Groo Roman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magallanes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Magallanes dominating with strikes here.
Magallanes postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Groo Roman bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Magallanes and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Magallanes!