PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Fonacier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ran Sakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fonacier comes to the cage accompanied by Rush. Sakamoto has chosen Wu tang tiger style as his entrance music. Ran Sakamoto looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Fonacier
vs
Sakamoto

186 cm
27
170 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

173 cm
26
170 lbs
12 - 18 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomas Fonacier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ran Sakamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fonacier shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sakamoto manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Sakamoto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fonacier distracts Sakamoto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fonacier lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fonacier slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Fonacier is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sakamoto has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fonacier is chipping away with strikes.
Fonacier is putting a hurting on Sakamoto here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sakamoto is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fonacier scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fonacier is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Sakamoto looks calm but he's in trouble here. Fonacier gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Sakamoto is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Fonacier lets go of the hold and Sakamoto can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tomas Fonacier!