PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Linwood (ranked 4572 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaly Ragozin (ranked 5870 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Linwood
vs
Ragozin

178 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Linwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vitaly Ragozin!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Linwood closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Linwood advances to mount.
Linwood with the ground and pound from mount.
Ragozin is wriggling around trying to escape.

Linwood moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ragozin has worked his arm free - good work by Ragozin!
Linwood 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.

Linwood swings around for an armbar but Ragozin sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Linwood's guard.

Linwood is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Ragozin has his hands clasped together but Linwood extends and breaks Ragozin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Linwood.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Linwood!