PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kurima Bakokang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spongebob Squarepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bakokang comes to the cage accompanied by Fuel. Squarepants has chosen The Best Day Ever as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Spongebob Squarepants has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bakokang
vs
Squarepants

170 cm
23
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
152 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurima Bakokang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spongebob Squarepants!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakokang throws a poor cross that misses
and Squarepants counters with a stiff right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Squarepants escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Squarepants moves into range and clinches up with Bakokang.
Squarepants wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Squarepants is looking to control Bakokang's arms but Bakokang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Squarepants has his back to the cage.

Bakokang lands a takedown into guard.
Bakokang trying to control the position from guard on top but Squarepants is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Squarepants keeping full guard, as Bakokang tries to pass.

Bakokang stands up and waves to Squarepants to follow him.

Bakokang clinches with his opponent.

Squarepants breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bakokang closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Squarepants quickly recovers to half guard.
Bakokang passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakokang forces the positional change into back control.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Bakokang's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Bakokang controls the action.
Squarepants looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Bakokang has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Squarepants! Can he survive? No! He's out! Bakokang gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kurima Bakokang!