PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anatoliy Lapikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lapikov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - Hells Bells . Anatoliy Lapikov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lapikov
vs
Pereira

186 cm
35
220 lbs
26 - 24 - 0

190 cm
28
218 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Anatoliy Lapikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Brian Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lapikov scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Pereira misses the target.
Lapikov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pereira moves away.
Lapikov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Lapikov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pereira to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lapikov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lapikov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapikov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pereira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pereira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira is working Lapikov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pereira looking to pass the guard.
Pereira landing with the ground and pound.
Pereira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Pereira throws a sloppy strike and Lapikov has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Pereira is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Lapikov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anatoliy Lapikov!
An out of breath Anatoliy Lapikov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.