PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora's entrance music is Layla. A fine choice. Mike Louis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pandora
vs
Louis

180 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Louis!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandora tries to score a power double leg takedown but Louis sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pandora somewhat.
Pandora misses with a takedown attempt - Louis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Louis wants to clinch.
Pandora slaps away a takedown attempt from Louis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Louis throws a leg kick but Pandora sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pandora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Louis is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pandora. That's going to slow Louis down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Louis with that takedown attempt.
Louis throws a leg kick

and Pandora counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pandora wants to free his trapped foot but Louis is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Louis tries to get to full guard but Pandora has control of the leg.
Pandora thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Louis's head.
Pandora not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Louis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Pandora is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Louis doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pandora.
Louis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pandora missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Louis looks gassed!
Pandora is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pandora missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pandora thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pandora missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Louis is looking to control Pandora's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Louis avoid being mounted?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pandora closes the distance looking to clinch

and Louis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Louis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Pandora is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Pandora works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pandora has Louis pulled in close to control his posture.
Louis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pandora swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pandora manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Louis tries to reverse the position but Pandora maintains control.

Pandora looking to secure an arm triangle but Louis defends it well.
Louis is desperately trying to improve his position but Pandora has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pandora dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pandora shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pandora lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pandora scoring with strikes but Louis is staying in there.
Pandora lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Louis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Louis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pandora punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pandora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Louis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pandora fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arthur Pandora overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pandora lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Louis hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pandora scoring with strikes but Louis is staying in there.
Pandora lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Louis working to try and regain half guard.
Louis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Louis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pandora putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pandora looking to finish Louis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Louis!
Louis taking shots to the head.
Pandora cracks Louis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Louis looks a forlorn figure.
Louis tries to hold on but Pandora pushes him away.
Pandora is landing with some decent strikes but Louis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Louis is bucking up trying to escape but Pandora cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pandora postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Louis looks a forlorn figure.
Pandora raining down shots from the mount!
Louis tries to hold on but Pandora postures up.
Louis is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis wants to control but Pandora is having none of it.
Pandora landing strikes from the mount and Louis is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Pandora.
Louis is trying desperately to improve position.
The referee warns Louis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Louis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Pandora working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Louis turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Pandora off and cradles Louis's limp body as Pandora celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Arthur Pandora!