PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuhiko Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grisha Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamenov has chosen Atmosphere - Legends as his entrance music. Tetsuhiko Asai looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Asai
vs
Kamenov

187 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tetsuhiko Asai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grisha Kamenov!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamenov forces Asai back against the cage and clinches.
Asai looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kamenov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kamenov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kamenov throws an elbow that misses.
Asai is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kamenov lands an elbow inside that Asai shrugs off.

It looks like Tetsuhiko Asai has been cut.
Kamenov throws an elbow but it misses.

Kamenov gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Kamenov maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Asai could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Kamenov has cracked it and Asai is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Kamenov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Grisha Kamenov!
Grisha Kamenov made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I'Back The Dragon is here !!!'.