PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Astavilies Leites (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tick Arthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leites
vs
Arthur

190 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Astavilies Leites!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tick Arthur!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leites throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leites fails with a takedown attempt.
Leites throws a series of strikes that have Arthur backpedaling.
Arthur tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Leites swivels and escapes.

Leites throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Arthur was covering up waiting for the punch and Leites finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Arthur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Leites's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Arthur is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leites wants to control from the top but Arthur keeps moving.
Leites scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arthur is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Leites is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Leites sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Arthur's guard.
Arthur keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Arthur flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Leites seems content to control.

Leites is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Leites prevents Arthur from standing back up.
Leites is looking to pass Arthur's guard but actually Arthur recovers to full guard.
Leites throws a big right hand that misses.

Arthur wants to reverse the position here. Leites has hold of a leg though and he's dropped back looking for a kneebar! The fighters roll across the mat but Arthur is forced to tap! Arthur looks devastated but at least his leg points in the right direction.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Astavilies Leites!