PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Guzman (ranked 25029 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikita Bobrov (ranked 6277 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobrov has chosen Тает лёд as his entrance music. Bobby Guzman has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Guzman
vs
Bobrov

221 cm
19
278 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Guzman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikita Bobrov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bobrov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Guzman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Guzman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bobrov is just riding it out for now. Guzman eventually gives up the hold.

Guzman decides to stand and escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobrov throws a good cross that connects.
Bobrov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guzman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Bobby Guzman has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bobrov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guzman slips under a jab.
Guzman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Guzman forces Bobrov back against the cage and clinches.
Guzman stalls.
A bit of stalling here from Guzman.
Bobrov lands an uppercut.
Bobrov lands a damaging elbow.
Bobrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Guzman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guzman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bobrov up against the cage.
Guzman gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bobrov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guzman stalling in the clinch.
Bobrov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bobrov blocks the elbow strike.
Bobrov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guzman slowing the pace effectively.
Bobrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Guzman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guzman stalls.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Guzman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bobby Guzman.

Guzman moves into the clinch.
Guzman is stalling here.
Bobrov wants to break free but Guzman has control.
Bobrov lands an elbow inside.
Bobrov is working Guzman over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Guzman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guzman stalling in the clinch.
Bobrov working hard to break the clinch.
Bobrov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guzman keeps control of Bobrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Guzman trying to stall but Bobrov improves his position.
Bobrov blocks a body shot from Guzman.
Bobrov trying to control the position but instead, Guzman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bobrov into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Guzman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Guzman is breathing heavily.
Bobrov wants to stall.
Bobrov is trying to break the clinch but Guzman has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobrov blocks an uppercut.
Bobrov is trying to push Guzman away but Guzman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Guzman jumps guard but Bobrov stands there with Guzman around his waist. Guzman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bobrov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bobrov lands a damaging elbow.

Bobby Guzman's cut is getting worse.
Bobrov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guzman.
Bobrov lands an elbow that stopped Guzman in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Bobrov.
Bobrov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bobrov lands an uppercut.
Bobrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bobrov is trying to maintain a safe position but Guzman gets an underhook and turns Bobrov into the cage.
Guzman has Bobrov pressed against the cage, preventing Bobrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bobrov is trying to break the clinch but Guzman is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikita Bobrov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Guzman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bobrov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guzman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guzman swats away the attempt to clinch by Bobrov.
Nikita Bobrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Guzman closes the distance and pushes Bobrov back into the cage.
Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bobrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bobrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Guzman has double underhooks.
The referee calls for Guzman to work.
Bobrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobrov blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Guzman controlling the action here for a moment.
Bobrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobrov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guzman's defenses.
Guzman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bobrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Nikita Bobrov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Guzman has picked Bobrov up - he's going for a ride! Guzman dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Guzman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guzman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guzman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bobrov trying to control but Guzman postures up.
Guzman scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guzman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Guzman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Guzman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bobrov sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Guzman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bobrov defends it well.
Guzman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guzman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Guzman throwing shots but Bobrov is blocking nicely.
Guzman lands strikes from half guard.
Guzman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Guzman lands a nice short elbow.
Guzman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Guzman is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Bobrov is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bobby Guzman!