PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Garpy (ranked 24861 p4p, 4626 weight class) and Ivan Chodnovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Chodnovski will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Garpy
vs
Chodnovski

153 cm
25
135
0 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
140
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

The Dirty Needle Project

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafa Garpy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Chodnovski!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chodnovski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chodnovski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Garpy eats them both and turns towards Chodnovski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chodnovski throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chodnovski. Garpy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chodnovski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chodnovski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chodnovski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garpy.
Garpy misses with a body shot.
Chodnovski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Garpy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chodnovski.
Garpy tries to land a leg kick but Chodnovski saw it coming and moves away.
Garpy misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garpy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chodnovski.
Chodnovski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garpy at a distance.
Garpy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chodnovski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chodnovski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chodnovski avoids the body shot from Garpy.
Chodnovski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chodnovski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garpy rather than just go for the knockout.
Garpy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chodnovski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garpy. Chodnovski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chodnovski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garpy feinted with a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chodnovski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garpy.
Chodnovski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garpy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Chodnovski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chodnovski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chodnovski defending well as Garpy loads up on a big left hand.
Chodnovski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garpy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left and a right from Chodnovski both land. Nice combination.
Garpy misses with an uppercut. Chodnovski saw that one coming.
Garpy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chodnovski digs a good hook to Garpy's body.
Garpy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chodnovski falls off balance throwing a combination

and Garpy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chodnovski won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chodnovski wants to get back to his feet but Garpy drags him back down.
Garpy controlling the position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafa Garpy!
An intense looking Rafa Garpy took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: '55'.