PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timur Rudov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Nana - One Second . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Costa
vs
Rudov

184 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

196 cm
26
216 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quentin Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timur Rudov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Rudov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Costa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rudov looking to pass the guard.
Rudov being controlled here momentarily.
Rudov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Costa pulls Rudov in close to prevent any damage.
Rudov looking to pass the guard.
Costa controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Costa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rudov looking to pass the guard.
Rudov throws a strike but Costa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Costa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Costa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rudov throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rudov has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Costa has passed into side control.
Rudov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Costa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Costa wants to control but Rudov is keeping him busy.
Costa lands a nice forearm strike.

It looks like Timur Rudov has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rudov is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Costa off and has taken his back!
Costa has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Rudov.
Rudov is trying to stick to Costa's back but Costa is turning into Rudov. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Rudov's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Costa.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rudov wants to sweep but no luck.
Costa is working Rudov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rudov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Costa preventing the sweep.
Rudov is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Costa controlling from the top position.
Rudov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Costa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Costa trying to control but Rudov is working from the bottom.
Costa landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Costa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Costa trying to control but Rudov is working from the bottom.
Rudov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Costa is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa with a nice head shot there.
Costa is pushing down on Rudov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rudov is fighting to maintain full guard but Costa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Costa is trying to control the action in half guard but Rudov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rudov is looking to control Costa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rudov avoid being mounted?
Rudov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Costa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudov wants to improve his position but Costa is controlling well.
Costa passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rudov!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rudov is bucking up trying to escape but Costa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Rudov is rocked!

That has opened up Timur Rudov's cut even more.
Costa drops a big elbow. That's hurt Rudov! More shots from Costa and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quentin Costa!
Quentin Costa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.