PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fox Tribe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marat Blagenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blagenov has chosen Krasnoe derevo-Drova as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tribe
vs
Blagenov

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Fox Tribe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marat Blagenov!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tribe shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blagenov defends it nicely.

Blagenov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tribe to the mat! Tribe manages to get full guard.
Blagenov tries to free his leg and advance position but Tribe is retaining full guard.
Blagenov connects with a couple of short punches.
Blagenov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Blagenov is working Tribe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Blagenov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blagenov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blagenov throws and elbow that misses. Tribe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blagenov's guard. Nice move by Tribe!
Blagenov wants to stand up but Tribe is controlling him.
Blagenov keeping moving, preventing Tribe from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tribe trying to control but Blagenov is working from the bottom.

Blagenov kicks Tribe off and gets to his feet.

Blagenov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Blagenov.
Blagenov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Blagenov misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Blagenov misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Blagenov working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blagenov is chipping away with strikes.
Blagenov working the ground and pound.
Tribe taking a bit of punishment here - Blagenov scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blagenov is working Tribe over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tribe is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Blagenov landing a few strikes.
Blagenov working the ground and pound from side control.
Blagenov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blagenov is putting a hurting on Tribe here, landing some big shots from side control.
Blagenov working the head with strikes.
Blagenov working the ground and pound.
Blagenov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Blagenov has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blagenov landing strikes from the mount.

Tribe is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blagenov lands a big shot to the head and Tribe winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marat Blagenov!