PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harland Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanders
vs
Costas

188 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
160 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harland Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miquel Costas!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanders closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Costas to the mat! Costas manages to get full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanders throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Costas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Costas has Sanders pulled in close to control his posture.

Costas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Costas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanders working some strikes from top position.
Sanders has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costas doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sanders is looking to work some ground and pound but Costas has wrist control.

Costas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Costas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Costas trying to keep a closed guard but Sanders is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Costas kicks Sanders off and gets to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanders.
Sanders really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sanders looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Costas leaves Sanders with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harland Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costas throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Sanders tries to score a power double leg takedown but Costas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanders somewhat.
Costas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Costas duly obliges.
No luck for Sanders with that takedown attempt.
Costas misses with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Costas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Costas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Costas has his feet on Sanders's thighs here. He's pushed Sanders off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sanders screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miquel Costas!
A very excited looking Miquel Costas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.