PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Panagiotis Bitakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharp has chosen Funhouse as his entrance music. Panagiotis Bitakos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bitakos
vs
Sharp

185 cm
19
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Panagiotis Bitakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pat Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sharp misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sharp.

Sharp pulls guard successfully.
Bitakos looking to pass the guard.
Bitakos trying to control but Sharp is working from the bottom.
Sharp is looking to sweep but instead, Bitakos has passed into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp is trying to control but can't.
Sharp moves into full guard.
Sharp looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitakos stopping the sweep attempt from Sharp.
Sharp bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bitakos's guard.

Sharp throws a big right hand that misses.
Sharp throws a big right hand that misses.

Sharp drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bitakos dives on top into guard.

Sharp can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bitakos controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sharp working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bitakos has passed into half guard!
Bitakos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bitakos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sharp on the ground.
Bitakos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bitakos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sharp does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sharp manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bitakos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sharp is keeping the position for now.
Bitakos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sharp is trying to keep Bitakos in close.
Bitakos trying to control the position from guard on top but Sharp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bitakos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sharp looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bitakos is looking to stall here but Sharp recovers full guard.
Bitakos looking to pass the guard.
Bitakos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bitakos stopping the sweep attempt from Sharp.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharp will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sharp wants to sweep here but Bitakos controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panagiotis Bitakos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bitakos gets tackled into the cage by Sharp. Sharp maintains the clinch.
Sharp is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bitakos to keep the fight standing.

Bitakos pulls guard effortlessly.
Bitakos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sharp throws a big right hand that misses.
Sharp showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Bitakos is looking for a triangle but Sharp pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bitakos keeping moving, preventing Sharp from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sharp slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sharp has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Bitakos!
Sharp can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bitakos is looking to escape.
Bitakos is wriggling around trying to escape.

Sharp is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Sharp extends the arm and Bitakos is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pat Sharp!
A very excited looking Pat Sharp 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.