PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Systema Fred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleb Rasheed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasheed has chosen In the air tonight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fred
vs
Rasheed

190 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Systema Fred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kaleb Rasheed!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fred tries to close the distance and clinch but Rasheed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fred stuffs the takedown.
Rasheed is looking to clinch.

Rasheed shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rasheed trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Rasheed drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rasheed jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rasheed slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Fred is trying to buck Rasheed off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rasheed tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rasheed has hold of Fred's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Fred seems comfortable defending it but Rasheed has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Fred is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Fred is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Rasheed couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kaleb Rasheed!