PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Bagheri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Chin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bagheri's entrance music is Tonight's Our Night. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bagheri
vs
Chin

190 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammad Bagheri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Chin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bagheri closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Bagheri seems to be working for a kimura but Chin defends the submission attempt.
Chin is looking to improve his position.

Chin is defending against the submission attempts here by Bagheri.

Bagheri seems to be working for a kimura but Chin defends the submission attempt.
Chin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bagheri has gone for a leg lock! Chin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Bagheri's guard.

Chin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Bagheri working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bagheri is looking to cinch up a triangle. Chin throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bagheri's body to avoid the submission. Bagheri has instead reached around Chin's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bagheri arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mohammad Bagheri!
Mohammad Bagheri very nearly forgot to thank Arcticus University: London amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.