PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeru Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle comes to the cage accompanied by I Like to Move It. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kyle
vs
Long

184 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeru Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Long looks gassed!
Kyle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kyle gets a clinch.
Kyle lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.

It looks like Zhen Long has been cut.
Kyle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kyle.
Kyle lands an elbow just above Long 's eye.
Kyle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kyle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Longs head.
Kyle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kyle lands a good knee to the midsection. Long won't want to take too many of those.
Kyle working Long over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Kyle.
A right handed body shot lands from Kyle.

Kyle is trying to trip Long. He has hold of a leg but Long is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Kyle persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Kyle passes into half guard.
Long is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kyle scores with a couple of nice shots.
Long taking some punishment here, with Kyle in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Kyle there.
Kyle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Long with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kyle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle working the head and body with strikes.
Kyle working over Long with some ground and pound. Long looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kyle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Long with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Long wants to get back to full guard.
Kyle working the head and body with strikes.
Kyle drops an elbow to the side of Long's head.
Kyle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kyle drops an elbow to the side of Long's head.
Kyle looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kyle winds up and cracks Long with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Long on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kyle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kyle lands strikes from half guard.

Long looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nice strikes from Kyle there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kyle seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Long is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Takeru Kyle!