PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Serbe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Kalinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Serbe
vs
Kalinin

190 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
20
260 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Serbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Kalinin!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kalinin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Serbe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Serbe tries to buck Kalinin off but Kalinin is having none of it.

Kalinin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kalinin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kalinin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Serbe has escaped the position, nice work there.
Serbe is trying to buck Kalinin off.
Serbe stops Kalinin from passing to mount.

Kalinin is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Serbe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kalinin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Serbe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Serbe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kalinin on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ruslan Kalinin!