PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arman Avangyan (ranked 4447 p4p, 23859 weight class) and Yawa Kiang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Avangyan
vs
Kiang

177 cm
30
166
6 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
160
29 - 42 - 1

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arman Avangyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 42 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yawa Kiang!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Avangyan gets a double leg takedown into Kiang's guard.
Kiang is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kiang wants to control the position but Avangyan says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kiang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Avangyan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Avangyan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Avangyan is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Kiang is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arman Avangyan!
Arman Avangyan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.