PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora comes to the cage accompanied by Gonna Fly Now. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pandora
vs
Thai

180 cm
25
181 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

192 cm
22
185 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arthur Pandora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Thai!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai is looking to chop away at Pandora's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thai.

Pandora tries to keep at a distance but Thai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pandora jumps guard but Thai turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Thai missing with knees to the body.
Pandora tries to pull guard but Thai holds him up against the cage and eventually Pandora drops back down to his feet.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pandora blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pandora tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thai avoids it.
Thai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pandora gets control of Thai's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pandora will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pandora is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Thai wants to control from the top but Pandora keeps moving.
Thai throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pandora works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora looking to control.
Thai stopping the sweep attempt from Pandora.

Pandora had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Thai defends it easily.
Thai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pandora. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Thai avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thai looking to pass the guard.
Thai wants to control from the top but Pandora keeps moving.
Thai wants to stand but Pandora has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thai wants to pass the guard but Pandora is keeping the position.
Thai is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai with a nice head shot there.
Thai trying to control but Pandora is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai stopping the sweep attempt from Pandora.

Pandora is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Thai tries to free his leg and advance position but Pandora is retaining full guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Arthur Pandora!
A relieved looking Arthur Pandora thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.