PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda Four (ranked 1875 p4p, 1839 weight class) and Jana Iii Sobieskiego (ranked 247 p4p, 245 weight class). Jana Iii Sobieskiego will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Four
vs
Sobieskiego

150 cm
25
205
11 - 8 - 0

185 cm
26
206
10 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

HELLBENT

Brooklyn Apothecary
HELLBENT

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Panda Four!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobieskiego scores with a head kick.

It looks like Panda Four has been cut.
Sobieskiego tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sobieskiego throws a hook to the side of Four's head but Four sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Four looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Sobieskiego gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Four looking to pass the guard.
Four stops Sobieskiego from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Four advances position into side control!

Four is trying to get an arm triangle but Sobieskiego is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieskiego can't do much from the bottom here.

Four is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sobieskiego is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sobieskiego can't do much from the bottom here.

Four is trying to get an arm triangle but Sobieskiego is defending well.
Four advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Four looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Four has hold of Sobieskiego's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sobieskiego manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Four is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sobieskiego can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Four with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Four has isolated one of Sobieskiego's arms. Sobieskiego looking to fight him off but Four twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Panda Four!