PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chanel Santini Chai (ranked 2429 p4p, 4175 weight class) and Aryan Pande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chanel Santini Chai could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aryan Pande's chin.

Chai
vs
Pande

185 cm
18
175
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chanel Santini Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aryan Pande!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pande closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pande in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pande scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Chai to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here as Pande stalls from top position.
Chai has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Pande is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Chai has escaped the position, nice work there.
You can see the frustration on Chai's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pande landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pande happy to just control the position for now.
Pande connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chai some visible discomfort.
Pande advances to full mount.
Pande lands a big shot there that rocks Chai but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pande content just to control the position here.
Pande has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pande throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pande lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Pande is working for a guillotine from mount but Chai frees his head quite easily.
Pande sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Pande connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pande scoring with strikes but Chai is staying in there.
Chai taking shots to the head.
Chai is trying to reverse the position but instead Pande has taken his back - oops!

Pande is working for a rear naked choke. Chai is not defending it well and Pande has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Chai refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Chai's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aryan Pande!