PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joel Paviotti (ranked 3477 p4p, 2878 weight class) and Gunna Win (ranked 446 p4p, 375 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Paviotti
vs
Win

193 cm
25
212
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joel Paviotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gunna Win!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paviotti with a poor takedown
and Win cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Win gets tackled into the cage by Paviotti. Paviotti maintains the clinch.
Paviotti fails to pull guard.

Paviotti drags the fight down to the ground.
Win is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Paviotti is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Paviotti's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Paviotti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Win got a little sloppy there for a moment and Paviotti has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Win has managed to get both his arms back between Paviotti's legs - danger averted.
Paviotti tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paviotti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Win.
Paviotti has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Paviotti is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Win frees his head nicely. Oh but Paviotti has switched to an armbar! Win is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Joel Paviotti!