PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Craig Conor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kitsune Tsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Conor
vs
Tsuki

172 cm
26
162 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

175 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Craig Conor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kitsune Tsuki!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conor scores with a nice head shot.
Conor throws a hook but Tsuki avoids it easily.
Conor looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsuki is just out of range.
Conor thows a body shot but no joy.
Conor misses with a looping left.
Conor takes a swing at Tsuki's ribcage but misses.
Conor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tsuki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Conor gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Tsuki trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Conor manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Tsuki has his foot on Conor's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Conor works his way back into a safe position though.
Conor has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Conor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tsuki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Conor has managed to get both his arms back between Tsuki's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsuki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tsuki dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuki lands a big elbow.

Tsuki has isolated one of Conor's arms. Conor looking to fight him off but Tsuki twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kitsune Tsuki!