PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sadam Ahmadaliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aoki Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sudo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Armour Of God Thème. Aoki Sudo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ahmadaliev
vs
Sudo

176 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sadam Ahmadaliev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aoki Sudo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahmadaliev doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sudo counters with a shoot takedown. Ahmadaliev fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sudo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sudo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Ahmadaliev has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sudo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sudo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ahmadaliev swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Ahmadaliev is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sudo lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo stands up over Ahmadaliev, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sudo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ahmadaliev looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ahmadaliev throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Sudo 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. Sudo seems to have locked his on tight now - Ahmadaliev screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sudo, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Aoki Sudo!
Aoki Sudo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.