PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asuki Matsuhara (ranked 4363 p4p, 4400 weight class) and Li Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Matsuhara
vs
Baker

167 cm
24
220
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
204
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Asuki Matsuhara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Li Baker!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matsuhara closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Baker to the mat! Baker manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matsuhara makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matsuhara lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Baker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Matsuhara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Matsuhara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Matsuhara throwing strikes but missing.
Matsuhara is stalling in the full guard.
Baker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baker looking for a sweep. Not yet Baker, not yet.
Matsuhara 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.
Matsuhara postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Baker covers up, he's hurt! Matsuhara keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Matsuhara and the ref steps in to end the fight! Matsuhara can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asuki Matsuhara!