PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marijo Palavra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saeng Arthit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saeng Arthit has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marijo Palavra's chin.

Palavra
vs
Arthit

170 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

180 cm
30
147 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marijo Palavra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saeng Arthit!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arthit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arthit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arthit misses with a head kick.
Palavra shoots in for a takedown but Arthit shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Palavra shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Arthit napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Arthit is trying to improve his position.
Check out the look on Palavra's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Arthit is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Arthit is not content to let Palavra control the position.
Arthit regains half guard, as Palavra was trying to land strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palavra thows a huge punch but Arthit dodges it nicely.
Palavra is trying to control. Arthit wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Arthit is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palavra trying to mount his opponent but Arthit defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palavra is looking to take a break and control but Arthit is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Palavra trying to mount his opponent but Arthit defends it.
Palavra frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Arthit is in all sorts of trouble here.
Arthit is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Palavra with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palavra connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Arthit's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Arthit is working to get back to half guard.
Arthit is in a horrible position here. Palavra smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Palavra tries to control but Arthit wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Palavra is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Arthit has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Palavra cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Arthit tries to hold on but Palavra postures up.
Arthit in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palavra is landing with some decent strikes but Arthit is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Palavra looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palavra seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Arthit for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marijo Palavra dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Palavra closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Arthit stops Palavra from passing to mount.
Palavra has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Palavra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Palavra 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.
Palavra lands with some strikes.

Palavra is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Arthit can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Palavra lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arthit avoids a series of strikes thrown by Palavra.
Arthit is bucking up trying to escape but Palavra cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Palavra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arthit wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Palavra.
BOOM! Palavra connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Palavra breaks from Arthit's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palavra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Arthit's face.
Arthit taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palavra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Marijo Palavra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Palavra jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Arthit is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Arthit and Palavra has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Palavra scoring with punches and elbows.

Palavra wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Arthit, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palavra wants to control but Arthit is keeping him busy.
Arthit tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Palavra wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Arthit is pushing Palavra's head away, looking to escape. Palavra manages to hold on to the position though.
Palavra working the ground and pound.
Palavra in side control, throwing shots but Arthit defends.
Palavra takes a little break here. Arthit wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palavra working the head and body with strikes.
Palavra working the ground and pound but Arthit is defending the strikes.
Palavra trying to control the position but Arthit is working away.
Arthit taking punishment in the form of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palavra scores with a couple of short elbows.
Arthit wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marijo Palavra dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Palavra shoots in for a double leg but Arthit sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arthit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palavra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marijo Palavra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palavra avoids the head kick by Arthit.

Palavra tries to keep at a distance but Arthit has taken the fight into the clinch.
Arthit displaying some good clinch control by pressing Palavra up against the cage.
Palavra is looking for a takedown.
Arthit misses with an elbow over the top.
Arthit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arthit looking to throw knees to the head but Palavra is blocking nicely.
Palavra is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Arthit is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marijo Palavra. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Palavra pulls guard.

Palavra uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Palavra fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arthit is trying hard to land a takedown here. Palavra sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Palavra.
Palavra working away.
Palavra tries to move to mount but Arthit blocks the move with his legs.
Palavra grinds an elbow into Arthit's temple.
Palavra is working Arthit over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palavra wants to control but Arthit is keeping him busy.
Arthit is looking to reverse the position.
Palavra lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Arthit down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palavra lands a nice forearm strike.

Palavra is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Arthit is trying to escape and Palavra transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Arthit is forced to tap! Nice work there by Palavra! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marijo Palavra!
Marijo Palavra made sure to mention his sponsor, Resistance in his post fight interview.