PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shinaya Ako Bruaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gangster Samurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinaya Ako Bruaa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gangster Samurai's chin.

Ako Bruaa
vs
Samurai

179 cm
19
188 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

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, Shinaya Ako Bruaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gangster Samurai!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samurai throws a low kick but Bruaa avoids it.
Samurai throws a leg kick but Bruaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shinaya Ako Bruaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samurai throws an overhand right that lands on Bruaa's shoulder, as Bruaa tries to avoid the shot.
Samurai throws a combination that misses
and Bruaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Samurai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Bruaa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Samurai is trying to defend but Bruaa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bruaa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Samurai trying to hold on to Bruaa's head to control him but Bruaa postures up.
Bruaa thows a huge punch but Samurai dodges it nicely.
Samurai regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bruaa.

Bruaa drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Samurai manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bruaa has Samurai in his guard.
Samurai postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samurai is looking to stand up but Bruaa won't let him.
Bruaa looking for a sweep. Not yet Bruaa, not yet.
Bruaa is working hard here to advance position.
Bruaa keeping moving, preventing Samurai from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samurai passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

Samurai is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bruaa is just riding it out for now. Samurai eventually gives up the hold.
Bruaa is staying active underneath Samurai, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

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.

Samurai is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bruaa sees it coming and defends easily.
Bruaa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bruaa gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruaa managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruaa trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bruaa keeping moving, preventing Samurai from controlling successfully.
Bruaa keeping full guard, as Samurai tries to pass.

Bruaa uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Samurai misses with a double jab
and Bruaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Bruaa does it's job there.
Samurai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bruaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruaa drops Samurai with a naaaaasty hook - Samurai is in real trouble here! Bruaa dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinaya Ako Bruaa!