PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between George Red (ranked 2693 p4p, 222 weight class) and Sam Roberts (ranked 25095 p4p, 438 weight class). Sam Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George Red's chin.

Red
vs
Roberts

156 cm
19
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
146 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Red closes the distance and clinches.

Red ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Red no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Red throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Red is adopting a defensive guard.

Red is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Roberts must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Red had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roberts defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Red looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Red looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Red throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Red holds on and takes a little breather.

Red escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roberts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Red is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Red is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roberts is aware though and is defending well.

Red looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Red is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Red is adopting a defensive guard.

Roberts got a little sloppy there for a moment and Red has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Roberts has managed to get both his arms back between Red's legs - danger averted.

Red is looking to cinch up a triangle. Roberts throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Red's body to avoid the submission. Red has instead reached around Roberts's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Red arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). George Red!
George Red decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.