PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Anora (ranked 2106 p4p, 3925 weight class) and Dwight Shrute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anora comes to the cage accompanied by LXST CXNTURY - AMNESIA. Shrute comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Battlestart Galactica theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Anora
vs
Shrute

178 cm
28
212
7 - 6 - 0

185 cm
27
200
5 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Anora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dwight Shrute!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anora shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Shrute's guard.
Shrute looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Shrute being controlled here, momentarily.
Anora has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Anora'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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anora looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anora is working hard here to advance position.
Anora slips nicely into half guard.
Anora keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Anora works his way into side control.
Anora remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anora works to advance to full mount. Shrute defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Anora controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Shrute that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Anora is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Shrute is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Anora!
In his post fight interview, Ricardo Anora started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.