PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Dimitrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dimitrov comes to the cage accompanied by "You Can't Stop Me Now" by RZA. Dimitrov has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Andrei Dimitrov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dimitrov
vs
Nowak

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Dimitrov!
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, Damian Nowak!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Nowak misses.
Dimitrov fails with the takedown
and Nowak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dimitrov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dimitrov is breathing heavily.
Nowak misses with a series of wild punches.
Dimitrov with a poor takedown

so Nowak counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dimitrov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nowak defends it easily.
Dimitrov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nowak on the ground.
Nowak trying to control the position from guard on top but Dimitrov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nowak slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Nowak in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Dimitrov is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Damian Nowak!