PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felix Dolinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piero Pisani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dolinger
vs
Pisani

167 cm
25
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Felix Dolinger!
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, Piero Pisani!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pisani drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dolinger has control of Pisani's left arm, preventing Pisani from doing any damage.
Dolinger is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pisani is controlling him.
Pisani throwing strikes from guard but Dolinger blocks nicely.
Pisani loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pisani is fighting to break Dolinger's control of his arms but Dolinger is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pisani throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dolinger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dolinger is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dolinger seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dolinger uses his free foot to push down on Pisani's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pisani.
Dolinger throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pisani because Dolinger loaded up on that one.
Dolinger throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pisani holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dolinger tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pisani is trying to reverse the position but instead Dolinger has taken his back - oops!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolinger lands strikes to the head.
Pisani has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Dolinger.

Dolinger working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Pisani is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Dolinger has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Pisani taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Felix Dolinger!