PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikos Karapatsakidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Conway might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Saigon - Desperado. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Conway
vs
Karapatsakidis

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 St Petersburg, Mark Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikos Karapatsakidis!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conway changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karapatsakidis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Karapatsakidis misses with a strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conway controlling the position.

Conway is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Karapatsakidis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Conway trying to control the action but Karapatsakidis is working from the bottom.

Conway has an Americana. Karapatsakidis didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Conway is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Conway hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mark Conway!
Mark Conway 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.