PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Struve comes to the cage accompanied by Showstopper. Sullivan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Adam Sullivan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Struve
vs
Sullivan

212 cm
23
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
286 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

KAISER

BioPharm 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stefan Struve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan tries to clinch there but Struve circles away.
Struve tries for a takedown but Sullivan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sullivan moves in looking to clinch but Struve pushes him off.
Struve tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sullivan swivels and escapes.
Stefan Struve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sullivan pushes Struve up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sullivan.

It looks like Stefan Struve has been cut.
Sullivan tries to land knees in the clinch but Struve avoids the damage to the body.
Sullivan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Struve is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Struve is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sullivan to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Struve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sullivan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sullivan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sullivan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Struve lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Sullivan drops Struve with a big knee straight up the middle! Struve is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sullivan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sullivan drops Struve with a big knee straight up the middle! Struve is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Struve is rocked!
Sullivan digs a good body shot into Struve's ribs.
Oh Struve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sullivan closes the distance and pushes Struve back into the cage.
Sullivan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sullivan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sullivan lands an elbow that stopped Struve in his tracks for a moment.
Struve is pressed against the cage. Sullivan pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Struve! Two more big strikes from Sullivan and Struve crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Adam Sullivan!
Adam Sullivan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BioPharm Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.