PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Igor Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doro Vaktar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ivanov
vs
Vaktar

225 cm
24
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Doro Vaktar!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ivanov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Vaktar back to the cage. Ivanov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vaktar doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ivanov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Ivanov has picked Vaktar up - he's going for a ride! Ivanov dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ivanov controlling the action here.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Igor Ivanov!
After the fight, Igor Ivanov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.