PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Autumn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Vasiliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Autumn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dixie. Vasiliev is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Zombie by The Cranberries. The key to victory for Augustus Autumn has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Autumn
vs
Vasiliev

186 cm
22
179 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

189 cm
20
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Augustus Autumn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Vasiliev!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Autumn moves out of range of the leg kick from Vasiliev.

Vasiliev drives through with a takedown into guard.
Autumn looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Vasiliev puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Vasiliev stalling.
Vasiliev drops an elbow to the side of Autumn's head.
Vasiliev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vasiliev is looking to advance position but Autumn won't allow it.
Vasiliev prevents Autumn from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasiliev is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Vasiliev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Autumn defending well though.
Vasiliev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Autumn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Oleg Vasiliev!
A less than humble Oleg Vasiliev misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.