PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Lutiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ayila Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ayila Obasi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Lutiy
vs
Obasi

206 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergey Lutiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ayila Obasi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lutiy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Obasi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obasi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Lutiy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Obasi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Obasi pushes down on Lutiy's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Lutiy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lutiy is in trouble now - Obasi has advanced to mount!
Obasi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obasi prevents Lutiy from getting the reversal.
Lutiy throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obasi controlling from the full mount.
Obasi unloads with some shots from mount but Lutiy bucks and avoids them well.
Lutiy can't escape the position.
Lutiy wants to hold on but Obasi pushes him away.
Obasi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Obasi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Obasi avoids the attempt from Lutiy to control.
Obasi controlling the pace for now.
Lutiy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lutiy is looking to improve his position but Obasi isn't that keen on the idea.
Lutiy is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obasi controlling from the full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ayila Obasi.
Obasi misses with a low kick.
Lutiy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obasi.
Lutiy misses with a takedown

and Obasi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Obasi sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Obasi advances to half guard.
Obasi is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Obasi seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Lutiy is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ayila Obasi!
Ayila Obasi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.