PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Traktor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasha Traktor struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Chris Maia has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Maia
vs
Traktor

175 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sasha Traktor!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Traktor keeping full guard, as Maia tries to pass.
Traktor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maia 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.
Maia forces his way into half guard.
Still in half guard, Maia seems content to control.
Maia wants to free his trapped foot but Traktor is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Maia is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Traktor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Traktor is trying to stand up here but Maia is controlling him well.
Maia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia cracks Traktor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Traktor wants to get back to his feet.
Maia controlling the position easily from mount.
Traktor squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Maia controlling the pace for now.
Traktor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Traktor looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maia controlling his opponent.
Traktor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Maia has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Traktor is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Maia!