PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Victor Anders (ranked 6463 p4p, 210 weight class) and Sergey Objedkov (ranked 3622 p4p, 156 weight class). Sergey Objedkov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Anders
vs
Objedkov

165 cm
21
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Objedkov!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Objedkov misses with a wild body shot.
Anders tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Objedkov swivels and escapes.
Anders jabs Objedkov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Anders misses the target.
Objedkov throws a counter combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Objedkov. Anders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Objedkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anders.

Objedkov has closed the distance and engaged Anders in a clinch.
Objedkov is looking for a takedown.
Anders tries to break free but Objedkov pushes him back against the ropes.
Anders wants to break free but Objedkov has control.
Objedkov taking a breather.
Anders tries to break free but Objedkov pushes him back against the ropes.
Anders has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Objedkov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Objedkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Anders breaks the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Objedkov.
Anders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anders scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Objedkov lands a nice looking body shot.
Victor Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Anders misses.
Anders misses with a lunging right hand
and Objedkov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anders is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Objedkov's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Objedkov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anders on the side of the head.
Anders shoots in looking for a takedown. Objedkov tries to sprawl out of it but Anders keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Objedkov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Objedkov slips under a jab.
Anders fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Anders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Objedkov connects with a jab.
Objedkov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anders keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Objedkov works Anders's body with a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Objedkov checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov blocks a low kick nicely.

Objedkov clinches up with Anders and pushes him back against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Objedkov keeps control of Anders as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Objedkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anders is trying to break the clinch but Objedkov has him pressed against the ropes.
Anders wants to break free but Objedkov has control.
Anders is trying to push Objedkov away but Objedkov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Anders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Objedkov looks to throw the jab but Anders is out of range.
Anders throwing a counter right hand but Objedkov manages to avoid it.

Anders darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Objedkov wants to get back to full guard.
Anders tries to pass the half guard into mount. Objedkov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anders thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Objedkov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov is looking to improve his position.
Anders throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anders thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Objedkov's head.
Anders drops an elbow to the side of Objedkov's head.
Objedkov wants to control but Anders is keeping busy.
Anders stalling away here and it's allowed Objedkov to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Anders trying to control but Objedkov is working from the bottom.
Anders trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anders trying to control but Objedkov is working from the bottom.
Objedkov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anders's guard.

Anders is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Objedkov is controlling him.
Objedkov wants to control from the top but Anders keeps moving.
Anders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Objedkov's guard.

Anders trying to control the position from guard on top but Objedkov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Objedkov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Anders content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Objedkov has locked up a guillotine! Objedkov's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Anders is holding on here and Objedkov must be using up a lot of energy. Anders has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Objedkov gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sergey Objedkov!
Our winner, Sergey Objedkov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.