PBP Commentary

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

Katti
vs
Fish

190 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mehu Katti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Fish!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fish shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fish showed some decent athleticism there.
Katti looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Katti wants to improve his position but Fish is controlling well.
Katti is not content to let Fish control the position.
Fish might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Katti kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Fish throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fish thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Katti's head.
Katti won't allow Fish to pass to mount.
Katti is trying to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fish misses with a wild combination.
Fish thows a body shot but no joy.
Katti misses with a takedown

so Fish counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fish throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katti keeping moving, preventing Fish from controlling successfully.
Fish trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fish passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Katti takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fish is putting a hurting on Katti here, landing some big shots from side control.

Fish looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fish working the ground and pound.
Fish working the head with strikes.
Katti taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fish working the head and body with strikes.
Fish has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Katti is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish lands with some strikes.
Fish landing strikes from the mount.

Fish has control of Katti's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Katti regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fish lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Katti is desperately trying to improve his position but Fish has a good base and remains in mount.
Katti is in a horrible position here. Fish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fish throws some wild stikes that Katti manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fish is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Katti can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Katti working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Fish connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fish landing strikes from the mount.
Katti taking shots to the head.
Katti takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fish raining down shots from the mount!
Katti tries to hold on but Fish pushes him away.
Fish controlling from the full mount.
Fish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fish controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Fish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish tries to control but Katti wriggling away.
Fish with the ground and pound from mount.
Fish trying to control but Katti is having none of it.
Fish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fish with a couple of short strikes.
Fish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Katti?
Fish looking to control but Katti is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Fish is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Katti is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaron Fish!