PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pandora might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gonna Fly Now. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pandora
vs
Willemoes

180 cm
26
181 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

181 cm
27
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

KAISER
Happy Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Willemoes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pandora.
Pandora throws a low kick, looking for Willemoes's leg but Willemoes calmly moves out of range.
Willemoes blocks a leg kick.
Pandora tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willemoes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pandora pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Willemoes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arthur Pandora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pandora avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Willemoes checks a low kick from Pandora.
A slow jab from Willemoes misses its intended target.
Pandora throws a push kick but Willemoes slaps the foot to one side.
Pandora throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Willemoes to counter with a crisp jab.
Pandora moves in looking to clinch but Willemoes pushes him off.
Pandora throws a chopping leg kick but Willemoes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Willemoes tests Pandora's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pandora throws a solid leg kick but Willemoes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pandora.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pandora throws a low kick but it's checked well by Willemoes.

Willemoes shoots in and bounces Pandora off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Willemoes landing some decent shots from guard.
Pandora is pulling down on Willemoes's head to control his posture.

Pandora is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Willemoes wants to control from the top but Pandora keeps moving.

Pandora is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Willemoes is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Willemoes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Willemoes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willemoes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Willemoes trying to move into half guard but instead Pandora has managed to sweep!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pandora accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Willemoes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Willemoes looking to control.
Pandora wants to control from the top but Willemoes keeps moving.
Willemoes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pandora trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pandora working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora trying to control but Willemoes is working from the bottom.
Pandora postures up.
Willemoes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pandora is one step ahead there.
Pandora trying to control but Willemoes is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Willemoes throws out a powerful jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pandora.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Willemoes checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Pandora misses.
Pandora shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandora moves away.
Pandora throws a front kick that sends Willemoes stumbling back into the cage.
Pandora fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Willemoes is out of range.

Willemoes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Willemoes dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandora is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pandora is in a horrible position here. Willemoes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Arthur Pandora has been cut.
Pandora is bucking up trying to escape but Willemoes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Pandora is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willemoes landing punches.
Oh Pandora is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Willemoes loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Pandora scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Willemoes land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Willemoes stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Willemoes!
Christian Willemoes seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.