PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Anora (ranked 3960 p4p, 3461 weight class) and Vasko Panchev (ranked 516 p4p, 475 weight class). Anora comes to the cage accompanied by LXST CXNTURY - AMNESIA. This should be a great matchup!

Anora
vs
Panchev

178 cm
27
212
5 - 4 - 0

225 cm
25
200
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Anora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vasko Panchev!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Panchev shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Anora's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anora is on top in guard.

Anora seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Panchev looks winded!
Anora stands and throws Panchev's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Panchev is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Panchev is trying to escape the position but Anora is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anora moves into full mount!
Anora tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anora has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Anora looking to isolate an arm here. Panchev doesn't see it coming and as Anora extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Anora!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Anora!
Ricardo Anora bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.