PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mister Handsy (ranked 24878 p4p, 349 weight class) and Aleixo Ioannou (ranked 4944 p4p, 228 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Handsy
vs
Ioannou

175 cm
19
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mister Handsy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aleixo Ioannou!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Handsy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ioannou is looking for a sweep.

Handsy tries for a kimura but Ioannou is defending well.

Handsy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ioannou can't do much from the bottom here.
Ioannou gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Ioannou has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Handsy escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Handsy!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Handsy is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Ioannou is trying to escape and Handsy transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Ioannou is forced to tap! Nice work there by Handsy! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mister Handsy!