PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mertis Falandas (ranked 1014 p4p, 1579 weight class) and Adriel Nayati (ranked 35 p4p, 52 weight class). Falandas comes to the cage accompanied by Feed the Machine. Nayati has chosen Indian Calling - At War as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Falandas
vs
Nayati

185 cm
28
170
14 - 10 - 1

180 cm
27
160
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store
Shadow Realm Apparel

Wrestler Wayfare

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mertis Falandas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adriel Nayati!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Falandas rushes Nayati and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Falandas lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Falandas.
Falandas lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Adriel Nayati has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falandas.
Nayati is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Falandas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Falandas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Nayati has Falandas pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Nayati pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Falandas tumbling to the mat - Nayati dives into Falandas's guard.
Falandas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nayati trying to control the position from guard on top but Falandas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mertis Falandas!
During a confident post fight interview, Mertis Falandas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.