PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Smirnov (ranked 3840 p4p, 336 weight class) and Brook Sami (ranked 7825 p4p, 500 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smirnov
vs
Sami

188 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 St Petersburg, Sergei Smirnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brook Sami!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smirnov pushes Sami up against the cage in a clinch.
Sami tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks with his arms.

Smirnov gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Sami regains guard.

Sami looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sami really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smirnov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sami is looking to stand back up but Smirnov counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Sami.
Smirnov working the head and body with strikes.
Sami is trying to control but Smirnov passes into side control!
Smirnov cracks Sami with a big right hand but Sami just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sami is looking to regain half guard here but Smirnov keeps moving and retains side control.
Smirnov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sami defending against the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sami avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smirnov.

Smirnov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sami, who protects the arm well.
Smirnov is breathing heavily.
Smirnov tries to score with some ground and pound. Sami controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sami tries to improve position but can't.
Sami is trying to control Smirnov's posture but Smirnov avoids it.
Sami tries to improve position but can't.
Smirnov looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sami is avoiding damage well.
Sami tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smirnov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Smirnov lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sami down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smirnov working the ground and pound.
Smirnov scores with punches from side control.
Sami is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smirnov working the head and body with strikes.
Smirnov cracks Sami with a big elbow.

Smirnov is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Sami is trying to escape and Smirnov transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Sami is forced to tap! Nice work there by Smirnov! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sergei Smirnov!
Sergei Smirnov decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.