PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shiro Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panzer Dalton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Yamada
vs
Dalton

171 cm
23
137 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

225 cm
24
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shiro Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Panzer Dalton!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Yamada. No joy for Dalton on that attempt.

Dalton shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yamada manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dalton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yamada works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dalton preventing the sweep.
Yamada knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dalton on the ground.
Yamada is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dalton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yamada wants to sweep but no luck.
Yamada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dalton is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dalton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dalton wants to pass the guard but Yamada is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dalton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dalton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dalton punching from mount but Yamada doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yamada tries to hold on but Dalton pushes him away.
Dalton prevents Yamada from getting the reversal.
Yamada is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Yamada throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dalton punching from mount but Yamada doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yamada is desperately trying to improve his position but Dalton has a good base and remains in mount.
Dalton thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yamada is in a horrible position here. Dalton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yamada is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yamada is looking to get to half guard.
Yamada is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dalton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yamada is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalton looking to finish with strikes here!

Dalton working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Yamada looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Dalton! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Panzer Dalton!