PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between nashijima esquilte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenjiro Yoshinobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). esquilte comes to the cage accompanied by blink 182. Yoshinobi has chosen Light It Up as his entrance music. nashijima esquilte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

esquilte
vs
Yoshinobi

170 cm
21
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Attliction

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, nashijima esquilte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenjiro Yoshinobi!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

esquilte tries to keep at a distance but Yoshinobi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yoshinobi scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
esquilte gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yoshinobi.

esquilte pulls guard successfully.
Yoshinobi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

esquilte looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yoshinobi stopping the sweep attempt from esquilte.
Yoshinobi trying to control but esquilte is working from the bottom.
esquilte wants to sweep here but Yoshinobi controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

esquilte is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

esquilte working for a triangle but Yoshinobi defends it easily.
esquilte is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yoshinobi trying to control the position from guard on top but esquilte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yoshinobi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
esquilte throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yoshinobi wants to control from the top but esquilte keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yoshinobi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control esquilte kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
esquilte has his hands on Yoshinobi's head, controlling the position.
Yoshinobi trying to control the position from guard on top but esquilte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Yoshinobi blocks a head kick by esquilte.
Yoshinobi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
esquilte is breathing heavily.

Yoshinobi moves into the clinch.
Yoshinobi connects with a nasty looking knee right to esquilte's face.
Yoshinobi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Yoshinobi rushes esquilte and presses him up against the cage.
esquilte is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yoshinobi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
esquilte tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yoshinobi smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nashijima esquilte. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Yoshinobi clinches with his opponent.
Yoshinobi tries to score a body lock takedown but esquilte shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yoshinobi is pressed up against the cage. esquilte has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoshinobi down to the mat. Yoshinobi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
esquilte wants to clinch

and Yoshinobi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Yoshinobi prevents esquilte from getting back to his feet.
esquilte keeping moving, preventing Yoshinobi from controlling successfully.

Yoshinobi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
esquilte throws a right and a left that both miss.
esquilte throws a head kick that misses

and Yoshinobi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
esquilte throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
esquilte throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
esquilte is pressing down on Yoshinobi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

esquilte has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Yoshinobi doesn't defend quickly enough and esquilte has managed to lock this one up! Can Yoshinobi escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to esquilte on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). nashijima esquilte!