PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Papa ss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriev Maxim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxim has chosen Dolphin feat Stella - Eyes as his entrance music. Grigoriev Maxim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

ss
vs
Maxim

170 cm
25
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Papa ss!
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, Grigoriev Maxim!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grigoriev Maxim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ss looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
ss slaps away a takedown attempt from Maxim, before circling back to the center of the mat.

ss gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Maxim postures up in ss's guard and throws a big left but ss blocks it.
Maxim pushes down on ss's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Maxim scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maxim scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Maxim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maxim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maxim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maxim working over ss with some ground and pound. ss looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maxim not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Maxim winds up and cracks ss with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
ss on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Maxim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maxim slips a nice elbow through ss's hands, connecting with ss's forehead.

ss is rocked!
Maxim lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked ss! More strikes land and this one is all over! Maxim jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grigoriev Maxim!