PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Gallindo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marian Lenart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gallindo comes to the cage accompanied by Eppur Si muove. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gallindo
vs
Lenart

170 cm
26
135 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduardo Gallindo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marian Lenart!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallindo cracks the inside of Lenart's front leg.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gallindo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lenart but Lenart pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lenart blocks a leg kick.
Gallindo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lenart has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gallindo misses with a head kick.
Lenart fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lenart shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gallindo but Gallindo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lenart avoids the head kick by Gallindo.
Gallindo throws a low kick, looking for Lenart's leg but Lenart calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Lenart.
Lenart shoots in looking for a takedown. Gallindo tries to sprawl out of it but Lenart keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gallindo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eduardo Gallindo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marian Lenart.
Lenart throws a sloppy head kick and Gallindo moves out of range easily.
Gallindo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lenart.

Lenart looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gallindo wants to stand but Lenart is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lenart thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gallindo wants to stand up but Lenart is controlling him.
Lenart trying to control but Gallindo is working from the bottom.

Lenart thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gallindo wants to stand and escape but Lenart is having none of it.

Lenart drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lenart jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gallindo wants to get back to his feet but Lenart is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lenart slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallindo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Lenart has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Lenart has hold of Gallindo's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Gallindo seems comfortable defending it but Lenart has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Gallindo is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Gallindo is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Lenart couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marian Lenart!
After winning the bout, Marian Lenart thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.