PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bongo Bass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bass comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Man by Skillinjah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Maeda
vs
Bass

170 cm
24
142 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mitsuyo Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bongo Bass!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maeda shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Maeda working Bass over with strikes.
Bass is looking to control Maeda's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bass avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Maeda.

Maeda is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maeda lands a nice short elbow.
Bass trying to control here.

Maeda seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Bass is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mitsuyo Maeda!