PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between sika molo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

molo
vs
Karlsson

160 cm
23
262 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sika molo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
molo thows a body shot but no joy.

molo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - molo lands in his opponent's guard.
Karlsson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
molo trying to control the position from guard on top but Karlsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Karlsson working for a triangle but molo defends it easily.
Karlsson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
molo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Karlsson keeping full guard, as molo tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as molo controls the pace.
Karlsson wants to stand and escape but molo is having none of it.
Karlsson trying to keep a closed guard but molo is proving a slippery customer.
molo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
molo looking to sit in guard and control but Karlsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

molo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Karlsson passes into half guard.
molo wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
molo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Karlsson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
molo wants to hit a switch here but Karlsson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for molo there!
molo is trying desperately to improve position.
Karlsson trying to control but molo is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
molo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Karlsson.
molo tries to reverse the position but Karlsson maintains control.
molo regains half guard.
Karlsson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karlsson content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
molo wants to control but Karlsson is keeping busy.

molo actively working from the bottom here.
molo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karlsson is tying to control. molo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
molo wants to get back to full guard.

Karlsson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Karlsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that sika molo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

molo gets the takedown into side control.
molo wants to control but Karlsson is keeping him busy.

molo is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Karlsson is trying to escape and molo transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Karlsson is forced to tap! Nice work there by molo! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). sika molo!