PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Trinidad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Mok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trinidad
vs
Mok

190 cm
21
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Stand Alone Fight Wear
Kangaroo Muscle

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Trinidad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Mok!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mok, right into the meat.
Trinidad shoots in but Mok avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mok keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Trinidad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mok tries to clinch up.
Mok is looking to clinch.
Trinidad closes the distance and clinches up with Mok, looking for a takedown. Trinidad pushes Mok against the cage but Mok circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Trinidad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trinidad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mok as he avoids it easily.
Trinidad shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mok as he jumps to the side.
Mok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Mok clinches.
Knees to the body from Mok.
Mok is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trinidad jumps guard but Mok stands there with Trinidad around his waist. Trinidad gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Mok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Trinidad closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trinidad lands in his opponent's guard.
Trinidad stopping the sweep attempt from Mok.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mok wants to stand but Trinidad is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trinidad postures up.
Trinidad works over Mok with some ground and pound from guard.
Trinidad is fighting to break Mok's control of his arms but Mok is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Trinidad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Trinidad is breathing heavily.
Trinidad stopping the sweep attempt from Mok.
Trinidad 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.
Trinidad looking to pass the guard.
Mok working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Trinidad thows a big elbow that misses.
Mok is trying to control the position but Trinidad postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trinidad looks for a takedown but Mok sprawls well.

Trinidad bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Trinidad wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mok, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Mok's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Trinidad.
Mok really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trinidad. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mok pushes Trinidad away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Trinidad gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Trinidad tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mok can do anything to dispel that myth.
The ground and pound from Trinidad seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Trinidad moves into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trinidad fails to take his opponent's back.

Trinidad looking for a guillotine from mount but Mok is having none of it.

Trinidad with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Trinidad connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Trinidad putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Trinidad lands with some strikes.

Trinidad jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mok manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Mok tries to buck Trinidad off but Trinidad is having none of it.

Trinidad has hold of Mok's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Mok tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Trinidad cranks the arm and Mok screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Mok, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Tyson Trinidad!
Tyson Trinidad is the new light heavyweight champion!