PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Martin Espiga (ranked 2506 p4p, 291 weight class) and Drotenkov Filippovich (ranked 309 p4p, 39 weight class). Juan Martin Espiga has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Martin Espiga
vs
Filippovich

187 cm
26
177 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

175 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Martin Espiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Drotenkov Filippovich!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espiga misses with a hook

and Filippovich counters with a takedown into side control.
Espiga is not content to let Filippovich control the position.
Espiga has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Filippovich has hold of Espiga's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Espiga tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Filippovich cranks the arm and Espiga screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Espiga, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Drotenkov Filippovich!
Drotenkov Filippovich spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.