PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimentor Boycoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Turshatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turshatov has chosen War And Peace as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Boycoff
vs
Turshatov

195 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dimentor Boycoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexey Turshatov!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turshatov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Turshatov thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Turshatov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Boycoff, who protects the arm well.
Boycoff on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Boycoff tries to get out of the position.
Turshatov moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boycoff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexey Turshatov!
Alexey Turshatov was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.