PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emanuel Arena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frank mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel Arena looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Arena
vs
mir

225 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emanuel Arena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, frank mir!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

mir forces Arena back against the cage and clinches.
Arena looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Arena wants to break free but mir has control.
Arena jumps guard but mir stands there with Arena around his waist. Arena gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

mir jumps guard and drags Arena to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
mir is trying to keep Arena in close.
Arena wants to control from the top but mir keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now mir is on top in guard.
mir wants to control from the top but Arena keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
mir controls from within his opponent's guard.
mir postures up in Arena's guard and throws a big left but Arena blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mir controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
mir wants to stand but Arena is controlling his posture from full guard.
mir should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
mir pushing down on Arena's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
mir thows a huge punch but Arena dodges it nicely.
mir moves nicely into side control.
mir is looking to take a break and control but Arena is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

mir decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
mir lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

mir looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Arena!
mir content just to control the position here.
mir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
mir lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arena hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

mir swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). frank mir!