PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Venderag (ranked 2818 p4p, 2063 weight class) and Mikel Arteta (ranked 369 p4p, 286 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Venderag
vs
Arteta

181 cm
28
185
9 - 4 - 0

191 cm
25
200
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke Venderag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikel Arteta!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arteta throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Venderag tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Arteta is in Venderag's guard.
Venderag knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Arteta on the ground.

Venderag looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Venderag is trying to push Arteta off with his feet but Arteta grabs hold of one of the legs and drops back looking for a submission! He's cranking on one of Venderag's ankles and Venderag is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Ankle Lock). Mikel Arteta!
A victorious Mikel Arteta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.