PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Zadarozhni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Ludo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Zadarozhni
vs
Ludo

171 cm
21
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Zadarozhni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ludo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ludo gets caught flat footed, as Zadarozhni shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Zadarozhni trying to control but Ludo is working from the bottom.
Zadarozhni working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ludo holds on and takes a little breather.
Zadarozhni throwing strikes from guard but Ludo blocks nicely.
Zadarozhni content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zadarozhni distracts Ludo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ludo keeping moving, preventing Zadarozhni from controlling successfully.
Zadarozhni with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ludo working a defensive guard but Zadarozhni passes into half guard.
Zadarozhni drops an elbow to the side of Ludo's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadarozhni wants to take a breather but Ludo is having none of it.
Zadarozhni has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ludo has hold of Zadarozhni's hands but Zadarozhni slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zadarozhni lands strikes from half guard.
Zadarozhni lands strikes from half guard.
Zadarozhni is nestled in close to Ludo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zadarozhni is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zadarozhni lands with a punch from half guard.
Ludo wants to control but Zadarozhni is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zadarozhni thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ludo's head.
Zadarozhni drops an elbow to the side of Ludo's head.
Zadarozhni is nestled in close to Ludo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ludo is staying active underneath Zadarozhni, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ludo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zadarozhni is working away from the top position though.
Zadarozhni lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zadarozhni lands a nice short elbow.
Ludo taking some punishment here, with Zadarozhni in his half guard.
Ludo is looking to escape.
Zadarozhni is thwarting Ludo's attempts to control the position.
Zadarozhni looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ludo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ludo is looking to control Zadarozhni's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ludo avoid being mounted?
Zadarozhni scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludo is trying to get back to full guard.
Ludo pushes Zadarozhni off looking to stand but Zadarozhni dives back in and keeps control.
Zadarozhni takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Ludo is rocked!
Zadarozhni 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.
Ludo is still in real trouble! Can Zadarozhni finish him?
Ludo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zadarozhni scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ludo wants to control but Zadarozhni is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zadarozhni passes the guard and advances to mount!
Zadarozhni connects with a bit shot that sees Ludo covering up! More strikes from Zadarozhni and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Zadarozhni is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Zadarozhni!