PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osanti Herod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herod comes into the arena with Down With The King blaring out of the sound system. Imanari comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Era - Ameno kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Herod
vs
Imanari

180 cm
23
247 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
245 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Blaze Ronin Street Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Osanti Herod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Imanari!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Imanari shoots in and bounces Herod off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Imanari forces his way into half guard.

Herod looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Imanari is looking to take a break and control but Herod is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Herod pushes Imanari off looking to stand but Imanari dives back in and keeps control.

Herod is defending against the submission attempts here by Imanari.
Imanari controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Imanari seems to be looking for submissions.
Imanari looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Imanari throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Herod is defending against the submission attempts here by Imanari.

Herod looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Herod wants to get back to full guard but Imanari has mounted him!
Herod has given up his back here. Will Imanari look for the submission or keep pounding away?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Imanari wants to control but Herod is keeping busy.

Imanari has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Herod has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Imanari looks gassed!
Herod is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Herod breaks Imanari's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Imanari looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Herod trying to control the position from guard on top but Imanari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imanari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Herod.

Imanari looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Herod stands up from guard. Let's bang!
No luck for Imanari with that takedown attempt.
Herod lands with a shot to the body.
Herod with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Herod keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Imanari bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Imanari has hold of Herod's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Herod seems comfortable defending it but Imanari has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Herod is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Herod is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Imanari couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shinya Imanari!