PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Regular Day at the Office kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ricardo Arona has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Arona
vs
Hayes

225 cm
19
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes throws a lazy right hand but Arona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hayes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arona closes the distance and clinches up with Hayes, looking for a takedown. Arona pushes Hayes against the cage but Hayes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Arona closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hayes quickly recovers to half guard.

Arona is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hayes defends it well.

Arona is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hayes defends it well.
Arona really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Arona is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Arona!