PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Reigns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reigns comes to the cage accompanied by Sail by AWOLNATION . Bravo has chosen Stemm - Face The Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Johnny Bravo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reigns
vs
Bravo

195 cm
19
256 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roman Reigns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick from Reigns lands but Bravo takes it in his stride.

It looks like Johnny Bravo has been cut.
Bravo misses with a takedown

and Reigns holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reigns goes for a takedown attempt but Bravo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reigns fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bravo has closed the distance and engaged Reigns in a clinch.
Bravo gets through Reigns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bravo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reigns backwards.

It looks like Roman Reigns has been cut.
Bravo is trying to force a seperation but Reigns has the dominant position.

Reigns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reigns scores with a shot to the body.
Bravo's coach down at Tsar's Iron Addicts Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bravo's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bravo leaves Reigns with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Reigns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bravo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo has managed to clinch.

Bravo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bravo winds up and cracks Reigns with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Reigns is trying to control but can't.
Reigns is breathing heavily.
Reigns tries to get to full guard but Bravo has control of the leg.
Bravo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bravo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reigns is looking for a sweep. Bravo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bravo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bravo is taking a breather. Reigns says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bravo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reigns with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Reigns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bravo on the ground.
Bravo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Bravo is looking for a kimura but Reigns is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bravo to get the leverage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bravo lands a nice short elbow.

Reigns is rocked!
Bravo controlling the pace.

Bravo is trying for a kimura here. Reigns looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Bravo wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Johnny Bravo!
Johnny Bravo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.