PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bocco Badz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zlatan Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Badz
vs
Struve

188 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

225 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bocco Badz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zlatan Struve!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Struve but Struve pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Badz avoids the body shot from Struve.
Struve misses with a hook.
Struve works the jab nicely.
Struve throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Struve misses with the combination.
Badz fails with a takedown attempt.
Struve misses with the combination.
Struve fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Struve gets caught flat footed, as Badz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Badz postures up in Struve's guard and throws a big left but Struve blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badz is looking to work some ground and pound but Struve has wrist control.

Badz drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Badz seems to have locked his on tight now - Struve screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Badz, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bocco Badz!