PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kujo Yoritsune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilberto Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoritsune comes to the cage accompanied by JAPAN. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yoritsune
vs
Souza

155 cm
20
148 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

176 cm
21
146 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kujo Yoritsune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Souza!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoritsune defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Souza.
Yoritsune throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yoritsune is fending him off so far but Souza persists. Nope, Yoritsune circles away and we're back to standing.

Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Yoritsune napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Yoritsune is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Souza are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Yoritsune can't do much from the bottom here.
Yoritsune parries the strikes from Souza easily there. Souza is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yoritsune to escape.

Souza wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yoritsune, who protects the arm well.

Souza looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Yoritsune is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yoritsune struggling a bit here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yoritsune stuffs the takedown.
Kujo Yoritsune has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilberto Souza.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Yoritsune sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Souza looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritsune works over Souza's head and body with a nice combination.
Gilberto Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Yoritsune.
Yoritsune fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoritsune lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souza at a distance.
Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yoritsune is fending him off so far but Souza persists. Nope, Yoritsune circles away and we're back to standing.
Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yoritsune to score with a decent uppercut.
Yoritsune misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Yoritsune.

Yoritsune gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yoritsune is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yoritsune drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Yoritsune off! Yoritsune jumps back into Souza's guard.

Souza is looking for a triangle but Yoritsune pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoritsune throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yoritsune slips nicely into half guard.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yoritsune seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Souza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Souza kicks Yoritsune off and gets back to his feet.
Souza fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yoritsune lands with a nice body punch.
Yoritsune displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yoritsune with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kujo Yoritsune is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yoritsune lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souza at a distance.
Yoritsune misses with a wild combination.
Yoritsune tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoritsune.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yoritsune throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Yoritsune throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Yoritsune.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoritsune misses with a few strikes there.
Nice body punch from Yoritsune.
No luck for Souza with that takedown attempt.
Yoritsune throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yoritsune misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Yoritsune lands a jab to Souza's midsection.
Yoritsune throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Yoritsune sprawls well. He's pushed Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yoritsune swinging wildly here.
Yoritsune lands a jab to Souza's midsection.
Yoritsune thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Yoritsune swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoritsune tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoritsune.
Yoritsune scores with a body shot.
Yoritsune swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Yoritsune thows a body shot but no joy.

Souza shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yoritsune manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Yoritsune controls Souza momentarily but Souza frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoritsune looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Yoritsune lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Souza!

Souza defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yoritsune.
Souza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yoritsune throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Souza because Yoritsune loaded up on that one.
Souza tries to improve his position but instead Yoritsune has taken his back!
Souza is trying to get back to his feet but Yoritsune has full control of the position and if anything, Souza has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Yoritsune has managed to slip his arm under Souza's chin. This could be all over... yep, Souza is tapping out! Submission win for Yoritsune.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kujo Yoritsune!