PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Abutaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajesh Koothrappali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abutaha comes into the arena with Megadeth - Head Crusher blaring out of the sound system. Rajesh Koothrappali has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mohamed Abutaha's chin.

Abutaha
vs
Koothrappali

185 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
148 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mohamed Abutaha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rajesh Koothrappali!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abutaha scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Koothrappali keeps Abutaha at a distance using the push kick.
Abutaha tries to clinch but Koothrappali is having none of it.

Abutaha looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Abutaha really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Abutaha trying to stand up but can't free himself from Koothrappali's guard.

Koothrappali pushes a forearm under Abutaha's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Abutaha is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rajesh Koothrappali!
Rajesh Koothrappali very nearly forgot to thank Brute amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.