PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kumshot Chimaev (ranked 3405 p4p, 24831 weight class) and Miguel Garces (ranked 409 p4p, 556 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Miguel Garces enters the cage!

Chimaev
vs
Garces

185 cm
26
185
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
197
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kumshot Chimaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Garces!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garces clinches with his opponent.
Garces is trying to break free.
Chimaev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Garces jumps into guard, dragging Chimaev to the mat.
Chimaev trying to control but Garces is working from the bottom.
Chimaev preventing the sweep.

Garces had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chimaev defends it easily.

Garces looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Chimaev is defending well. Garces quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Chimaev has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Garces celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miguel Garces!
A very excited looking Miguel Garces made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.