PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Naoki Fujii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Latish Festin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fujii
vs
Festin

176 cm
27
170 lbs
15 - 3 - 2

170 cm
23
160 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Tokyo Defiance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Naoki Fujii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Latish Festin!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Festin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Fujii gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Festin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Fujii tries for a kimura but Festin is defending well.
Fujii working the ground and pound.
Fujii advances nicely into full mount.
Fujii has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Fujii jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Festin manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Fujii working away.

Fujii is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Festin has escaped the position, nice work there.

Fujii working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fujii is breathing heavily.
Fujii trying to control the action but Festin is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujii working the body and head with strikes.
Festin is trying to work for a sweep but Fujii has mounted him!
Festin is wriggling around trying to escape.

Fujii is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Fujii!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Naoki Fujii!