PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mamath Blah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marijo Palavra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blah
vs
Palavra

183 cm
21
147 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mamath Blah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marijo Palavra!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palavra shoots in for a double leg but Blah sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Blah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Palavra looks for a takedown but Blah sprawls well.
Palavra misses with a takedown
and Blah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mamath Blah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marijo Palavra.

Palavra shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Blah manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Blah is adopting a defensive guard.
Palavra stands and throws Blah's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Palavra has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Blah on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Blah tries to get out of the position.

Palavra wants to finish this one by submission but Blah is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Palavra.
Blah is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palavra looking to control but Blah is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palavra lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Palavra landing shots from mount.

Palavra is working for a guillotine from mount but Blah frees his head quite easily.
Blah is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blah is working hard here to advance position.
Palavra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Palavra sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Palavra with good strikes from the mount here!

Palavra with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Palavra lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blah keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Palavra is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Palavra extends the arm and Blah is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marijo Palavra!