PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Bartrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimas Boykiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Boykiy's choice of entrance music: Перемен. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bartrov
vs
Boykiy

185 cm
27
210 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

190 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Bartrov!
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, Dimas Boykiy!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Boykiy as Bartrov shoots in.
Bartrov tries to close the distance and clinch but Boykiy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boykiy throws a sloppy head kick and Bartrov moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boykiy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Boykiy misses with a head kick.
Bartrov throws a leg kick
and Boykiy counters with an inside leg kick.

Bartrov darts in and clinches Boykiy up against the cage.

Boykiy manages to break the clinch.
Bartrov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Boykiy.
Bartrov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boykiy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bartrov wants to slow Boykiy down by chopping away at his legs.
Boykiy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Bartrov scores with a takedown into Boykiy's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boykiy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bartrov is controlling him.

Bartrov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Boykiy, up you get!
Boykiy swats away the attempt to clinch by Bartrov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykiy throws a sloppy head kick and Bartrov moves out of range easily.
Bartrov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boykiy misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Boykiy.
Bartrov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Boykiy looks gassed!
Boykiy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Bartrov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Bartrov drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Bartrov seems to have locked his on tight now - Boykiy screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Bartrov, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ivan Bartrov!