PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taka Michinoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Frazier
vs
Michinoku

200 cm
22
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Frazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taka Michinoku!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Michinoku scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Frazier is refusing to be controlled, as Michinoku sits in half guard.

Frazier looking for submissions off his back.
Frazier is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Frazier is trying to control but can't.
Michinoku is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Frazier!
Frazier keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Michinoku controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Michinoku tries to control but Frazier wriggling away.
Frazier is desperately trying to improve his position but Michinoku has a good base and remains in mount.
Frazier is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michinoku controlling the position easily from mount.
Frazier is squirming around, avoiding Michinoku's attempts to control the action.
Frazier working to try and regain half guard.
Frazier tries to hold on but Michinoku postures up.
Michinoku looking to control and managing it successfully.
Michinoku raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Michinoku sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Despite being in the dominant position, Taka Michinoku just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Michinoku shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Frazier working to try and regain half guard.
Frazier regains half guard.
Michinoku is stalling here. Frazier is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Michinoku seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Frazier has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Michinoku should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Frazier looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Michinoku is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Frazier's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Frazier! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Michinoku has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Frank Frazier!