PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Striker Accurate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anzhor Azhiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Accurate
vs
Azhiev

225 cm
24
140 lbs
1 - 18 - 0

177 cm
37
144 lbs
20 - 69 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Striker Accurate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 69 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anzhor Azhiev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Accurate wants to clinch up but Azhiev keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Accurate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Accurate moves into the clinch successfully.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Azhiev as Accurate tries to tie him up.
Azhiev jumps guard but Accurate stands there with Azhiev around his waist. Azhiev gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Azhiev pulls Accurate into guard.
Accurate tries to stand but Azhiev is controlling from the bottom.
Accurate really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Azhiev looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Accurate is defending well. Azhiev quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Accurate has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Azhiev celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anzhor Azhiev!
A determined Anzhor Azhiev didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!