PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Petri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Schwollenpeka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petri comes to the ring accompanied by Seek and Destroy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Petri
vs
Schwollenpeka

180 cm
19
199 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

202 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Petri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arnold Schwollenpeka!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schwollenpeka tries to keep at a distance but Petri has taken the fight into the clinch.
Petri lands an elbow inside.

Petri has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Schwollenpeka uses from the top position.
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.
Schwollenpeka wants to control from the top but Petri keeps moving.

Petri escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Schwollenpeka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
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.

Petri is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Schwollenpeka frees his head nicely. Oh but Petri has switched to an armbar! Schwollenpeka is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ryan Petri!
Ryan Petri retains his light heavyweight title!