PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marius Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pandora might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Layla. Zaromskis has chosen 5FDP-Meet the monster as his entrance music. Marius Zaromskis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Pandora
vs
Zaromskis

180 cm
21
181 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

176 cm
21
177 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Zaromskis!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaromskis throws the kick towards the body but Pandora avoids it.
Zaromskis tries a head kick but it misses.
Pandora finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pandora swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaromskis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zaromskis moves to clinch but Pandora breaks away
and Pandora counters with a nice body kick.
Zaromskis moves to clinch but Pandora breaks away
and Pandora counters with a body kick.

Zaromskis has closed the distance and engaged Pandora in a clinch.
Pandora lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Marius Zaromskis has been cut.
Zaromskis tries a knee to the head but Pandora blocks it.
Zaromskis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pandora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zaromskis managing to block the knees to the body from Pandora.
Zaromskis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Pandora throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zaromskis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pandora drags the fight down to the ground.
Zaromskis wants to stand and escape but instead Pandora has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Pandora with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pandora throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zaromskis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Zaromskis uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Pandora blocks a head kick by Zaromskis.
Pandora fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zaromskis checks it well.
Zaromskis looks to throw a body kick
and Pandora counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zaromskis misses with a head kick.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Pandora swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick by Zaromskis misses
and Pandora counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zaromskis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pandora throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zaromskis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zaromskis looks gassed!
Pandora throws a head kick but Zaromskis moves out of range.
Zaromskis throws a sloppy head kick
and Pandora counters with a slapping leg kick.

Pandora fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zaromskis, pushing him back against the ropes.

Pandora decides to pull guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Zaromskis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pandora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zaromskis's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zaromskis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pandora.
Pandora lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pandora scoring well with a low kick there.
Pandora scores with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Pandora.

Pandora clinches up against the ropes.

Pandora breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pandora throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that misses
and Pandora counters with a big head kick but Zaromskis shrugs it off.
Pandora thuds his shin into the meat of Zaromskis's side.
Pandora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zaromskis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pandora.
Pandora pushes Zaromskis away with a front kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandora, right into the meat.
Pandora throws a head kick that half lands.
Pandora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pandora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick from Pandora lands but Zaromskis takes it in his stride.

Pandora pushes Zaromskis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Zaromskis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora with a knee to the head.
Pandora lands a damaging elbow.
Pandora lands an elbow just above Zaromskis 's eye.

Pandora ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Pandora no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Pandora escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zaromskis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Zaromskis is looking to stand up but Pandora won't let him.
Pandora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Pandora is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Zaromskis rolls with it to try and escape but Pandora cranks on the arm and Zaromskis is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arthur Pandora!