PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Young Tupac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Karaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Karaev struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Tupac
vs
Karaev

176 cm
23
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Young Tupac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Karaev!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karaev shoots for a double leg takedown but Tupac sprawls well. He's pushed Karaev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karaev looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tupac wants to clinch up but Karaev keeps it at a distance.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tupac.

Tupac wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Karaev, who protects the arm well.
Tupac trying to control the position but Karaev is working away.
Karaev is looking to regain half guard here but Tupac keeps moving and retains side control.

Tupac is trying to get an arm triangle but Karaev is defending well.

Tupac tries for a kimura but Karaev is defending well.

Tupac is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Karaev has escaped the position, nice work there.

Tupac is trying to get an arm triangle but Karaev is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tupac tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tupac has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sloppy strikes there by Tupac.

Tupac tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tupac has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Tupac wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Karaev, who protects the arm well.
Tupac working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karaev manages to get back to half guard.

Tupac is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Karaev sees it coming and defends easily.

Tupac is looking for a kimura but Karaev is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tupac to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tupac is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Karaev is looking to control Tupac's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karaev avoid being mounted?

Tupac is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Karaev defends it well.
Karaev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Karaev throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupac sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Karaev's guard.

Tupac 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! Karaev is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Young Tupac!