PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Fuentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dobroslav Poddubny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poddubny has chosen The Subways - Rock & Roll Queen as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Fuentes
vs
Poddubny

175 cm
25
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
184 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Fuentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dobroslav Poddubny!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuentes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Poddubny as he jumps to the side.

Poddubny gets the takedown into side control.
Fuentes is pushing Poddubny's head away, looking to escape. Poddubny manages to hold on to the position though.

Poddubny wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fuentes, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuentes is looking to regain half guard here but Poddubny keeps moving and retains side control.
Fuentes is breathing heavily.

Poddubny is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fuentes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Poddubny wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fuentes, who protects the arm well.

Poddubny working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Poddubny thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Poddubny tries for a kimura but Fuentes is defending well.

Fuentes sneaks out the side door and pushes Poddubny away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Poddubny will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fuentes.
Fuentes shoots in and drives through. Poddubny sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Fuentes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poddubny shoots in for a takedown but Fuentes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Poddubny looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fuentes is fending him off so far but Poddubny persists. Nope, Fuentes circles away and we're back to standing.
Poddubny defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fuentes.
Mark Fuentes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fuentes tries to sprawl but Poddubny drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Poddubny is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Poddubny looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Poddubny is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes looks like he's trying to stand up.

Poddubny wants to work for an arm triangle but Fuentes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Fuentes is defending against the submission attempts here by Poddubny.

Poddubny is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Poddubny is looking for a kimura but Fuentes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Poddubny to get the leverage.

Fuentes is defending against the submission attempts here by Poddubny.

Poddubny is working for a kimura but Fuentes is defending it quite comfortably.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Poddubny wants to work for an arm triangle but Fuentes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dobroslav Poddubny dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Poddubny closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fuentes circles away.
Poddubny shoots and misses

and Fuentes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fuentes has had enough of the clinch but Poddubny keeps him there for the moment.
Poddubny fails to pull guard.
Mark Fuentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dobroslav Poddubny.
Fuentes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fuentes tries to pull guard but Poddubny forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuentes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Poddubny smiles and moves away.
Fuentes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Poddubny shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fuentes sprawls well. Fuentes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Poddubny gets slowly back to his feet.

Poddubny scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dobroslav Poddubny!
Dobroslav Poddubny bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.