PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shahriyar Chai (ranked 2492 p4p, 2417 weight class) and Saurabh Pandeya (ranked 317 p4p, 309 weight class). Pandeya comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Clan In Da Front kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chai
vs
Pandeya

179 cm
20
169
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
160
3 - 2 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shahriyar Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Saurabh Pandeya!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandeya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pandeya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shahriyar Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai cracks Pandeya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pandeya scores with a decent looking hook.
Pandeya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Pandeya counters with a nice uppercut.
Chai throws a shot to the body.
Chai swings widly with a right hand
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chai throws an off balance right hand

and Pandeya counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pandeya looking to sit in guard and control but Chai gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

We've been hearing that Chai has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Pandeya is looking for a triangle but Chai pushes his legs off easily.
Chai makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Pandeya is looking for a triangle but Chai pushes his legs off easily.

Pandeya is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chai is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Saurabh Pandeya!
During a confident post fight interview, Saurabh Pandeya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.