PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between I Will Lose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonis Papas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonis Papas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Will Lose
vs
Papas

150 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

171 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, I Will Lose!
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, Antonis Papas!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lose gets caught flat footed, as Papas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lose might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lose not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lose is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Papas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Papas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Papas stands up from Lose's guard - Papas perhaps looking for a knockout.

Papas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lose napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Papas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lose to see if he's OK.
Papas staying calm.
Papas lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lose down.

Papas is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Lose looks calm but he's in trouble here. Papas gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Lose is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Papas lets go of the hold and Lose can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antonis Papas!
After the fight, Antonis Papas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.