PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Pawlik (ranked 3 p4p, 27 weight class) and Arzlan Bathory (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Pawlik comes to the cage accompanied by John Butler - Ocean . Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pawlik
vs
Bathory

172 cm
30
166
18 - 8 - 1

175 cm
39
160
42 - 13 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dick Pawlik!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arzlan Bathory!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Pawlik catches Bathory right on the button with a cross.
Bathory misses with a looping left.
Pawlik throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bathory counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bathory misses with an uppercut.
Bathory slips under a jab from Pawlik.
Pawlik misses with a shot to the body
and Pawlik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bathory throws a lazy body kick

and Pawlik counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bathory won't be happy with that.
We've been hearing that Pawlik has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Pawlik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bathory keeps working.

Pawlik in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Bathory is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dick Pawlik!
Dick Pawlik retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Dick Pawlik thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.