PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Deleon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Resnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko Resnov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anderson Deleon's chin.

Deleon
vs
Resnov

182 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Deleon!
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, Marko Resnov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Resnov lands with a nice body punch.
Deleon dodges the punch combination from Resnov.
Deleon throws a lazy head kick

and Resnov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Resnov trying to stall but Deleon improves his position.

Deleon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Resnov.
Resnov misses with a head kick.
Resnov throws a body shot but no joy.
Deleon misses with a hook
and Resnov counters with a head kick.
Resnov is looking to clinch but Deleon is avoiding it.
Resnov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Deleon throws a head kick but Resnov moves out of range.

Deleon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Resnov has momentary wrist control but Deleon slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deleon prevents Resnov from getting back to his feet.
Resnov is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Deleon dives into side control.
Deleon 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.
Deleon cracks Resnov with a big elbow.
Deleon scoring with punches from side control.
Resnov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Deleon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Resnov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Resnov bucks up and tries to throw Deleon off but instead Deleon has got his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resnov trying to get back to his feet but Deleon is in full control for now.
The referee is taking a good look at Resnov as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Deleon!
Resnov is trying to get back to his feet but Deleon has full control of the position and if anything, Resnov has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deleon is working the ground and pound. Can Resnov escape?
Resnov wants to get back to his feet.
Resnov covers up after that shot from Deleon.

Resnov is trying to stand. He's onto all fours with Deleon on his back. Deleon looks like he's slipping off but he's actually tansitioning to a beautiful armbar! Resnov has to tap out to a very impressive submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Deleon!