PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kawajiri
vs
The Lion

175 cm
26
140 lbs
5 - 17 - 0

170 cm
23
145 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Kawajiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey The Lion!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by The Lion or perhaps it was just good defense by Kawajiri which made him look bad.

Kawajiri drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kawajiri tries to stand but The Lion is controlling from the bottom.
Kawajiri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Lion on the ground.

Kawajiri stands up and waves to The Lion to follow him.

The Lion gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kawajiri to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Lion wants to stand and escape but Kawajiri is having none of it.

The Lion working for submissions but it's allowed Kawajiri to get to half guard.

Kawajiri 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The Lion moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The Lion tries to strike from the bottom.
Kawajiri would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kawajiri is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The Lion working for a triangle but Kawajiri defends it easily.

The Lion has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kawajiri should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, The Lion has tightened it up now! Kawajiri should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Joey The Lion!