PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arkadij Pashchenko (ranked 25423 p4p, 4550 weight class) and Antonio Samaria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pashchenko
vs
Samaria

185 cm
18
181
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
174
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arkadij Pashchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Samaria !
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pashchenko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Samaria moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Samaria shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Samaria with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Samaria tries to free his leg and advance position but Pashchenko is retaining full guard.
Pashchenko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Pashchenko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Samaria defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pashchenko keeping full guard, as Samaria tries to pass.

Samaria is posturing up here but Pashchenko has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Samaria tries to roll out but it's too tight and Samaria has to tap! Slick submission there by Pashchenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arkadij Pashchenko!
A relieved looking Arkadij Pashchenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.