PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ali Aliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Pablos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aliev comes to the cage accompanied by Lezginka. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Aliev
vs
Pablos

175 cm
22
161 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

175 cm
31
160 lbs
17 - 28 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ali Aliev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 28 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Pablos!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pablos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Aliev looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A lull in the action here.
Aliev is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pablos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Aliev definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Aliev is looking for a sweep.
Pablos taking a breather here.

Pablos tries for a kimura but Aliev is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pablos moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pablos controlling the pace for now.

Pablos working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Pablos quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Pablos but it's paid off an Aliev is forced to tap! Nice work by Pablos.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pablo Pablos!
During a confident post fight interview, Pablo Pablos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Ali Aliev was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks all fans for support! Next time I'll be better, thanks God!'.