PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Orion (ranked 3516 p4p, 396 weight class) and Rob Weil (ranked 6476 p4p, 547 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orion
vs
Weil

199 cm
17
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobias Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rob Weil!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Orion closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Weil to the mat! Weil manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orion scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Weil looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Orion pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Weil is keeping the position for now.
Weil trying to control the position.

Weil escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Orion gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Orion showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orion is pushing down on Weil's leg trying to pass to half guard. Weil is fighting to maintain full guard but Orion has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orion keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Weil wants to improve his position but Orion is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Weil is trying to stand back up but Orion is controlling him
Orion is taking a breather. Weil says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

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

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