PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Larith Shun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammad Bagheri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bagheri is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tonight's Our Night. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shun
vs
Bagheri

180 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Larith Shun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammad Bagheri!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bagheri decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Shun definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Bagheri 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.
Shun tries to get to full guard but Bagheri has control of the leg.
Shun is controlling Bagheri's trapped leg to prevent Bagheri from advancing to side control.

Bagheri is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shun defends it well.
Bagheri looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shun slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bagheri really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shun. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shun wants to sweep but no luck.

Shun is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bagheri throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Shun's body to avoid the submission. Shun has instead reached around Bagheri's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Shun arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Larith Shun!
Larith Shun took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.