PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Shufutinskiy (ranked 1174 p4p, 137 weight class) and Lord Mephistopheles (ranked 2152 p4p, 224 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Shufutinskiy has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Shufutinskiy seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Shufutinskiy
vs
Mephistopheles

215 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

220 cm
25
279 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Shufutinskiy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lord Mephistopheles!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mephistopheles closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shufutinskiy is trying to control Mephistopheles's posture but Mephistopheles avoids it.

Mephistopheles has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Shufutinskiy is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Mephistopheles yanks on the arm and Shufutinskiy is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Mephistopheles.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lord Mephistopheles!
Lord Mephistopheles is the new heavyweight champion!
Lord Mephistopheles 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.