PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Tretiak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cranium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimir Tretiak has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tretiak
vs
Cranium

195 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
211 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Alpha-Omega
Alpha-Omega

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladimir Tretiak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Cranium!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tretiak lands a head shot.
Cranium fails with a takedown attempt.
Tretiak lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Tretiak scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tretiak wants to pass to mount but Cranium is defending the position.
Cranium is trying to get back to full guard.
Cranium wants to get back to his feet.
Cranium keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tretiak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tretiak passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cranium!
Cranium in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tretiak looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cranium is desperately trying to improve his position but Tretiak has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tretiak looking to secure an arm triangle but Cranium defends it well.
Cranium working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cranium is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Tretiak controlling the position easily from mount.
Tretiak lands with some strikes.
Tretiak avoids the attempt from Cranium to control.
Tretiak cracks Cranium with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tretiak prevents Cranium from getting the reversal.
Cranium wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tretiak working for the choke.
Cranium is taking damage to the body and head.

Tretiak is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cranium is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Cranium won't enjoy being in this position. Tretiak looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Cranium is tapping - it's over boys! Tretiak picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vladimir Tretiak!