PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaaki Free trade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shizuka Uesugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shizuka Uesugi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Free trade
vs
Uesugi

175 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
206 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaaki Free trade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shizuka Uesugi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uesugi shoots in and drives through. Free trade sprawls well.

Uesugi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Uesugi is looking for a kimura but Free trade is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Uesugi to get the leverage.

Free trade looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Free trade wants to improve his position but Uesugi is controlling well.

Free trade looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Uesugi wants to control but Free trade is keeping him busy.
Uesugi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Free trade knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Free trade looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Uesugi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Free trade is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Free trade is working hard here to advance position.
Free trade is trying to stand up here but Uesugi is controlling him well.

Uesugi is working for a kimura but Free trade is defending it quite comfortably.
Free trade wants to get back to full guard.
Uesugi wants to free his trapped foot but Free trade is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Uesugi works his way into full mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Free trade is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Free trade defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Uesugi.
Free trade is looking to get to half guard.
Uesugi controlling the position easily from mount.
Uesugi prevents Free trade from getting the reversal.

Uesugi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Free trade is surviving well by controlling Uesugi's body position as best he can.
Uesugi is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uesugi trying to control but Free trade is having none of it.

Uesugi is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Free trade has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Uesugi is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Free trade to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Free trade shrugs it off.
Uesugi controlling the position easily from mount.
Free trade is wriggling around trying to escape.
Free trade sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uesugi tries to pass to full mount but Free trade defends it.
Free trade is looking to improve his position.
Uesugi is trying to control the action in half guard but Free trade is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Uesugi passes to side control.
Uesugi is looking to take a break and control but Free trade is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Free trade might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Free trade manages to get back to half guard.

Uesugi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Free trade defends it well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shizuka Uesugi dominated that round.
That's time! Free trade's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Uesugi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Free trade actively working from the bottom here.
Free trade wants to improve his position but Uesugi is controlling well.
Uesugi trying to control from half guard but Free trade is working away.
Uesugi content to control rather than advance.
Uesugi is looking to advance position but Free trade won't allow it.
Free trade trying to get back to full guard but Uesugi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Uesugi moves to the back.
A lull in the action here.

Uesugi is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Free trade defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Uesugi looking for the choke but no joy.
Uesugi is breathing heavily.

Uesugi looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Free trade taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shizuka Uesugi!