PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Serhey Rishkinov (ranked 5672 p4p, 544 weight class) and Jack Sweeney (ranked 6582 p4p, 574 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rishkinov
vs
Sweeney

180 cm
19
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Serhey Rishkinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Sweeney!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney falls off balance throwing a combination

so Rishkinov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rishkinov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rishkinov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sweeney's head.
Rishkinov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rishkinov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rishkinov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Rishkinov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rishkinov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rishkinov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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.
Rishkinov slips nicely into half guard.
Sweeney taking some punishment here, with Rishkinov in his half guard.
Sweeney is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rishkinov scores with a couple of nice shots.

Rishkinov is trying for a kimura here. Sweeney looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Rishkinov wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Serhey Rishkinov!