PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adeodatus Aurelius (ranked 5466 p4p, 5558 weight class) and Andrey Tovarov (ranked 285 p4p, 289 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aurelius
vs
Tovarov

168 cm
18
144
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
130
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Mythical Fighter

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adeodatus Aurelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrey Tovarov!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tovarov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tovarov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Aurelius fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Tovarov does no damage.
Tovarov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aurelius takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aurelius misses with a body shot.
Tovarov lands a right hook to the body.
Tovarov scores with a body shot.
Aurelius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tovarov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Aurelius gets caught flat footed, as Tovarov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tovarov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aurelius swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Aurelius escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tovarov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tovarov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tovarov chips away with some ground and pound.
Tovarov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tovarov connects with a couple of short punches.

Aurelius is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Tovarov frees his head nicely. Oh but Aurelius has switched to an armbar! Tovarov is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Adeodatus Aurelius!