PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Del Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Del Toro
vs
Sakuraba

183 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Del Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Del Toro does no damage.

Sakuraba closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sakuraba missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Del Toro is looking to improve his position.
Del Toro trying to control here.
Del Toro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sakuraba on the ground.
Sakuraba seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Del Toro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Del Toro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sakuraba is looking to advance position but Del Toro won't allow it.
Del Toro wants to get back to his feet.
Sakuraba with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sakuraba sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Del Toro defending well though.
Del Toro trying to control from the bottom.
Del Toro tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Sakuraba has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Sakuraba in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Del Toro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Del Toro is breathing heavily.
Sakuraba content just to control the position here.
Sakuraba cracks Del Toro with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sakuraba is landing with some decent strikes but Del Toro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Del Toro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Del Toro has given up his back here. Will Sakuraba look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Del Toro is trying to remain composed but Sakuraba is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sakuraba landing with strikes.
Sakuraba tries to get the hooks in deep but Del Toro pushed the leg off.
Sakuraba scores with punches from the back.
Sakuraba throwing damaging strikes from the back! Del Toro could be in trouble here!
Sakuraba lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Del Toro.
Sakuraba lands with a hammerfist to the side of Del Toro's head.

Del Toro is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sakuraba working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Del Toro is doing well to defend. Sakuraba seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Del Toro is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kazushi Sakuraba!