PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Premysl Otakar Jr (ranked 6227 p4p, 5988 weight class) and Stanky Ban (ranked 562 p4p, 0 weight class). Ban has chosen Rick roll as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Otakar Jr
vs
Ban

193 cm
23
200
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
190
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Premysl Otakar Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stanky Ban!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otakar Jr walks into a straight right hand from Ban.

Otakar Jr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ban is trying to stand.
Otakar Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Otakar Jr has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Ban tries to kick Otakar Jr off but Otakar Jr keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Otakar Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Otakar Jr 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.
Ban tries to kick Otakar Jr off but Otakar Jr keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Otakar Jr looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Otakar Jr lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ban is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Otakar Jr is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban is trying to stand back up but Otakar Jr is controlling him

Otakar Jr is working for a kimura but Ban is defending it quite comfortably.

Otakar Jr stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Otakar Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Ban waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Otakar Jr.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Otakar Jr.

Otakar Jr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ban scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Otakar Jr manages to mount him!
Otakar Jr with shots to the head and body - Ban looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otakar Jr won't let Ban get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Otakar Jr looking for a guillotine from mount but Ban is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Otakar Jr working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Ban looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Otakar Jr! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Premysl Otakar Jr!
An out of breath Premysl Otakar Jr thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Stanky Ban had this to say: 'I AM A DINGO'.