PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Arshavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Mikke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arshavin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, All about us. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arshavin
vs
Mikke

177 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sasha Arshavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christopher Mikke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mikke shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mikke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mikke lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mikke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mikke winds up and cracks Arshavin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mikke is taking a breather. Arshavin says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Mikke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mikke working over Arshavin with some ground and pound. Arshavin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Arshavin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mikke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mikke seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that Mikke has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Mikke.
Arshavin wants to control but Mikke passes into side.
Arshavin is breathing heavily.
Mikke lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mikke in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mikke working the head with strikes.
Mikke lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mikke scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mikke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mikke scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arshavin taking punishment in the form of punches.
Arshavin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Arshavin tries to get out of the position.
Mikke working the head and body with strikes.
Mikke advances nicely into full mount.
Mikke controlling the pace for now.
Arshavin is in a horrible position here. Mikke smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Arshavin is bucking up trying to escape but Mikke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mikke with the ground and pound from mount.
Mikke landing strikes from the mount.
Mikke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mikke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arshavin?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arshavin?
Mikke landing strikes from the mount.
Mikke with shots to the head and body - Arshavin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mikke with shots to the head and body - Arshavin looks very uncomfortable down there.

Arshavin is rocked!
Mikke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arshavin hang on?
Oh Arshavin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mikke lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mikke landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mikke lands a couple of good shots and Arshavin has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Arshavin is trapped and Mikke is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Mikke biding his time, controlling Arshavin.
Mikke scores with punches from the back.
Mikke scores with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Can Arshavin hold on?! Mikke is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Arshavin seems to have got his legs back now.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Mikke. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Mikke punishes Arshavin with strikes from the back mount.
Arshavin covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Arshavin is taking damage to the body and head.
Mikke is loading up with his shots from the back and Arshavin is in big trouble! Arshavin taps out to strikes and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Christopher Mikke!
Sasha Arshavin was interviewed post fight and said 'I was not prepared enough. He was superior TODAY.'.