PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Kavlitzekis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjan Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnie Kavlitzekis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kavlitzekis
vs
Kush

175 cm
25
140 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

156 cm
26
145 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnie Kavlitzekis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arjan Kush!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kush scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kush in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kavlitzekis is looking for a sweep.
Kavlitzekis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are battling for position here. Kush manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kush bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kavlitzekis's guard.

Kush missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kavlitzekis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kush passes into half guard.
Kavlitzekis is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Rabid Dog, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kavlitzekis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kush.
Kush drops an elbow to the side of Kavlitzekis's head.
Kavlitzekis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Kavlitzekis pushes a forearm under Kush's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Kush is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnie Kavlitzekis!
Johnie Kavlitzekis retains his bantamweight title!
Johnie Kavlitzekis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.