PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Tarasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Boothe
vs
Tarasov

190 cm
48
207 lbs
49 - 26 - 0

184 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

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 49 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Boothe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Tarasov!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tarasov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tarasov showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tarasov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Tarasov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Boothe wants to control but Tarasov is keeping busy and won't allow it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ivan Tarasov!
A determined Ivan Tarasov didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!