PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Nesi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griswold comes to the cage accompanied by Hooking Up The Lights. Nesi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Van Canto - Battery. Ed Nesi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Griswold
vs
Nesi

180 cm
31
196 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

184 cm
21
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rusty Griswold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ed Nesi!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Griswold with that takedown attempt.
Griswold changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nesi tries to avoid it but Griswold manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nesi to the ground. Nesi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Griswold fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rusty Griswold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griswold shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nesi but Nesi pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Nesi gets caught flat footed, as Griswold shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Griswold is working Nesi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Griswold prevents Nesi from getting back to his feet.
Griswold trying to control but Nesi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nesi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Griswold is controlling him.
Griswold not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rusty Griswold just wasn't active enough.
Griswold misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nesi.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Griswold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswold uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nesi.

Griswold looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nesi!
Griswold with good strikes from the mount here!
Nesi trying desperately to get to his feet.
Griswold looking to control but Nesi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nesi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Griswold lands a big elbow.

It looks like Ed Nesi has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nesi wants to get back to his feet.
Griswold looking to finish Nesi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nesi!
Nesi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Griswold. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Griswold looking to control but Nesi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Griswold has hold of Nesi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nesi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Nesi squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nesi is in a horrible position here. Griswold smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That has opened up Ed Nesi's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nesi because Griswold loaded up on that one.
Griswold with the ground and pound from mount.

The cut above Ed Nesi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ed Nesi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rusty Griswold!