PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Coish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lopez
vs
Coish

186 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Coish!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lopez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lopez wants to free his trapped foot but Coish is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Lopez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lopez prevents Coish from standing back up.

Lopez is working for a kimura but Coish is defending it quite comfortably.
Coish wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lopez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Lopez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lopez is working for a kimura but Coish is defending it quite comfortably.
Coish is trying to stand.
Lopez tries to pass to full mount but Coish defends it.
Coish looks like he's trying to stand up.

Lopez maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Coish could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Lopez has cracked it and Coish is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Lopez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Lopez!