PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jannis Arvanitidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Emperor's Dawn kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arvanitidis
vs
Martinez

169 cm
36
157 lbs
26 - 20 - 0

178 cm
41
156 lbs
36 - 26 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Spartan Nutrition
Mohito Fightwear

Spartan 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 26 - 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 36 - 26 - 2, fighting out of London, Richard Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martinez throws a head kick but Arvanitidis moves out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Arvanitidis enables Martinez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Arvanitidis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Arvanitidis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Martinez trying to control but Arvanitidis is working from the bottom.
Martinez preventing the sweep.
Martinez wants to pass the guard but Arvanitidis is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arvanitidis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Martinez wants to pass the guard but Arvanitidis is keeping the position.

Arvanitidis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Arvanitidis has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Martinez doesn't defend quickly enough and Arvanitidis has managed to lock this one up! Can Martinez escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Arvanitidis on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jannis Arvanitidis!
Jannis Arvanitidis retains his featherweight title!
Jannis Arvanitidis very nearly forgot to thank Mohito Fightwear 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.