PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jannis Arvanitidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melekh David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Arvanitidis
vs
David

169 cm
35
157 lbs
23 - 20 - 0

170 cm
35
159 lbs
25 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Perkele!
SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jannis Arvanitidis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Melekh David!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arvanitidis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. David manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
David tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Arvanitidis is looking to work some ground and pound but David has wrist control.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Arvanitidis manages to get himself to full guard.

Arvanitidis looking for a sweep. Not yet Arvanitidis, not yet.
David trying to control but Arvanitidis is working from the bottom.
Arvanitidis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
David showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
David tries to free his leg and advance position but Arvanitidis is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Arvanitidis looking to hit a scissor sweep but David is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Arvanitidis's guard.
Arvanitidis tries to get to full guard but David has control of the leg.
David seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Arvanitidis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of David's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take David's back!
David tries to escape the position.
David avoids the strikes from Arvanitidis.
David can't escape the position.
Arvanitidis lands a shot to the head.
David is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis has David flattened out and is raining down punches.
Arvanitidis is landing with strikes from the back.
David has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Arvanitidis throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
David is trying to remain composed but Arvanitidis is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

David is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arvanitidis is landing with strikes from the back.
David is still in real trouble! Can Arvanitidis finish him?
Arvanitidis lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Arvanitidis cracks David with a big right hand from the back mount! David immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Arvanitidis takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jannis Arvanitidis!
Jannis Arvanitidis is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Jannis Arvanitidis, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.