PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Butts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panikos Papaioanou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butts kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Du Hast. Seymour Butts has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Butts
vs
Papaioanou

200 cm
25
257 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
282 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seymour Butts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panikos Papaioanou!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Butts closes the distance and clinches.

Papaioanou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Butts misses with a series of wild punches.

Butts closes the distance and clinches.
Butts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Papaioanou's elbow.

Butts pulls guard.
Butts wants to get back to his feet but Papaioanou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Butts trying to control the position.
Papaioanou prevents Butts from getting back to his feet.
Butts keeping moving, preventing Papaioanou from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papaioanou working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Butts's head.
Papaioanou with a nice head shot there.

It looks like Seymour Butts has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papaioanou sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Butts's guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Papaioanou lands a nice short elbow.
Butts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Papaioanou scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Papaioanou is trying for a kimura here. Butts looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Papaioanou wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Panikos Papaioanou!
A very excited looking Panikos Papaioanou made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.