PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Mamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Athanasios Konstantoulakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black Mamba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mamba
vs
Konstantoulakis

190 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Black Mamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Athanasios Konstantoulakis!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Konstantoulakis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mamba lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Athanasios Konstantoulakis has been cut.
Konstantoulakis misses with a straight left.

Mamba has Konstantoulakis up against the cage in a clinch.
Konstantoulakis working aggressively here.

Mamba works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Mamba could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mamba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Konstantoulakis trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Mamba thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mamba passes Konstantoulakis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mamba is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Konstantoulakis is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Black Mamba!