PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Araujo (ranked 3096 p4p, 0 weight class) and ZB Penduko (ranked 4854 p4p, 0 weight class). Araujo comes to the cage accompanied by Who Shot Ya?. This should be a great matchup!

Araujo
vs
Penduko

187 cm
37
207 lbs
19 - 23 - 1

176 cm
26
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 19 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luiz Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, ZB Penduko!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penduko drives through with a takedown into guard.
Araujo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Penduko lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Araujo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Penduko is fighting to break Araujo's control of his arms but Araujo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Penduko postures up in Araujo's guard and throws a big left but Araujo blocks it.

Araujo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Penduko doesn't defend quickly enough and Araujo has managed to lock this one up! Can Penduko escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Araujo on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Luiz Araujo!
Luiz Araujo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.