PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Travis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wasilij Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis comes to the cage accompanied by The Dragon. Kozlov has chosen Więcej as his entrance music. Anderson Travis looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Travis
vs
Kozlov

173 cm
20
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wasilij Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov digs a good hook to Travis's body.
Kozlov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Travis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Travis throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kozlov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kozlov.

Travis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kozlov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Travis as Kozlov tries to tie him up.
Kozlov lands an uppercut.
Kozlov avoids the elbow strike from Travis, against the cage.

Travis manages to break the clinch.

Kozlov clinches up against the cage.

Travis pulls Kozlov into guard.
Kozlov wants to get up but he can't break Travis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Travis seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kozlov tries to stand but Travis is controlling from the bottom.
Travis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kozlov!

Travis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kozlov to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kozlov shrugs it off.
Kozlov has given up his back.
Travis is breathing heavily.

Travis is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Kozlov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Travis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis misses with an elbow to the head.
Kozlov has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Travis is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Kozlov has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Travis has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Kozlov taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Travis doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Anderson Travis!