PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Rudabaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnost Paskalev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rudabaker
vs
Paskalev

175 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

173 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Steel Penn's All 160

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Rudabaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arnost Paskalev!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rudabaker tries to clinch but Paskalev moves out of range.
Rudabaker misses with a takedown attempt - Paskalev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paskalev slips a jab and a cross from Rudabaker.
Rudabaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paskalev moves away.
Paskalev shoots in for a takedown but Rudabaker shows good takedown defense.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Paskalev closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rudabaker quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Paskalev tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rudabaker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Paskalev looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rudabaker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Paskalev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rudabaker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Tommy Rudabaker!
A relieved looking Tommy Rudabaker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.