PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Burat Puke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenjiro Takagawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takagawa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Ready Steady Go" by L'Arc~en~Ciel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Puke
vs
Takagawa

183 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

176 cm
22
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Burat Puke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenjiro Takagawa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Puke gets the takedown into side control.
Takagawa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Puke controls the position.
Takagawa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Puke sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Puke is looking to advance position but Takagawa won't allow it.
Well, if Puke is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puke frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Puke controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Puke has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Takagawa's face.
Puke punching from mount but Takagawa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Puke controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puke takes Takagawa's back.

Puke has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Takagawa is defending well but eventually Puke manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Takagawa has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Burat Puke!