PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zach Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and karl amoussou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker comes to the cage accompanied by Adrenaline- 12 Stones. karl amoussou will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Striker
vs
amoussou

200 cm
20
189 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zach Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, karl amoussou!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Striker moves into the clinch.
Striker lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like karl amoussou has been cut.
Striker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on amoussou's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Striker breaks from the clinch.

amoussou feints and as Striker raises his hands in defense, amoussou changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
amoussou content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Striker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Striker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Striker wants to sweep but no luck.
Striker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
amoussou is squirming around, avoiding Striker's attempts to control the action.

Striker jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but amoussou manages to avoid the submission attempt.
amoussou has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
amoussou is trying to control Striker's posture but Striker avoids it.

Striker decides to stand back up. Striker steps back and let's amoussou get back to his feet.
Striker tries to close the distance and clinch but amoussou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Striker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Striker tries to clinch but amoussou is having none of it.
Striker tries to clinch there but amoussou circles away.
Striker tries to close the distance and clinch but amoussou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Striker is breathing heavily.

amoussou scores a takedown into full mount!
amoussou dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
amoussou is landing with some decent strikes but Striker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Zach Striker has been cut.
amoussou lands with some strikes.
Striker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
amoussou wants to control the pace but Striker is squirming around nicely.
Striker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, amoussou cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

amoussou looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

amoussou is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! amoussou extends the arm and Striker is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). karl amoussou!