PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Cro Cop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei emperor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cro Cop comes into the arena with My Immortal blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cro Cop
vs
emperor

185 cm
26
205 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

190 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Cro Cop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei emperor!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
emperor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cro Cop's waist but Cro Cop gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing emperor off to one side.
Cro Cop tries for a takedown but emperor circles away easily

and emperor counters with a nice double leg into guard.
emperor preventing the sweep.
emperor stands and throws Cro Cop's legs to the side, diving into side control.
emperor tries to advance position but instead Cro Cop slips a leg back in to half guard.

emperor gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

emperor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - emperor lands in his opponent's guard.
emperor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
emperor wants to stand but Cro Cop is controlling his posture from full guard.
emperor trying to control but Cro Cop is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop wants to sweep but no luck.
emperor's corner is telling him to maintain position.
emperor wants to control from the top but Cro Cop keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wanderlei emperor has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cro Cop with a lazy takedown attempt

and emperor counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
emperor is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
emperor is looking to stall here but Cro Cop recovers full guard.
emperor wants to stand but Cro Cop is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

emperor throws a sloppy strike and Cro Cop has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! emperor is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Cro Cop!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mirko Cro Cop!