PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Adrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dark tail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Adrian has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Adrian
vs
tail

177 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
19
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Adrian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, dark tail!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

tail looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
tail trying to mount his opponent but Adrian defends it.
Adrian is looking for a sweep. tail is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Adrian moves into full guard.
Adrian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Adrian has his foot on tail's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. tail works his way back into a safe position though.
Adrian pulls tail in to control the position.
Adrian looking to control.
Adrian will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Adrian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for tail on the ground.
Adrian seems keen to control tail's posture.
tail working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
tail throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Adrian scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
tail manages to get back to half guard.

Adrian is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Adrian is breathing heavily.
tail gets full guard.
Adrian keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of tail's head.

tail looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

tail has his foot on Adrian's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Adrian works his way back into a safe position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

tail is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Adrian frees his head nicely. Oh but tail has switched to an armbar! Adrian is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). dark tail!