PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arsiano Misasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Eduardo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Misasaki
vs
Eduardo

177 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arsiano Misasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Eduardo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misasaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Eduardo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Eduardo showed some decent athleticism there.
Eduardo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Misasaki defending well though.
Eduardo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Eduardo is looking for a kimura here.
Eduardo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Misasaki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Eduardo.
Eduardo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Misasaki is staying active underneath Eduardo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Eduardo connects with a nice short shot to Misasaki's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Eduardo connects with a nice short shot to Misasaki's temple.
Eduardo controlling the action here.
Eduardo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Eduardo slows the pace down in half guard.
Eduardo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo with shots to the head and body - Misasaki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Eduardo with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eduardo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Eduardo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Misasaki to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Misasaki shrugs it off.
Misasaki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo cracks Misasaki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Eduardo throws some wild stikes that Misasaki manages to avoid easily.
Eduardo scoring with strikes but Misasaki is staying in there.
Misasaki is breathing heavily.
Eduardo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Eduardo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Eduardo controlling his opponent.

Eduardo is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Misasaki is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Eduardo!