PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between ILja Muromets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Helling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muromets comes to the cage accompanied by Krec Паром через. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Muromets
vs
Helling

192 cm
21
255 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

211 cm
28
265 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Russian Top Team Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, ILja Muromets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Helling!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Muromets bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Helling defending against the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Helling can do anything to dispel that myth.
Helling is looking to reverse the position.

Muromets tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Muromets has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Helling tries to bench press Muromets off him but Muromets keeps the position.

Muromets has an Americana. Helling didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Muromets is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Muromets hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). ILja Muromets!
ILja Muromets decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.