PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tengo Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janek Malkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malkowski has chosen BOOM as his entrance music. Tengo Ray has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ray
vs
Malkowski

183 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tengo Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Janek Malkowski!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malkowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Ray. Ray gets slowly back to his feet.

Malkowski closes the distance and pushes Ray back into the cage.

Ray is trying to trip Malkowski. He has hold of a leg but Malkowski is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ray persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Malkowski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Malkowski is trying to keep Ray in close.

Ray avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ray passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ray throws a strike aimed at the side of Malkowski's head but Malkowski avoids it well.
Malkowski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Ray tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ray has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray trying to control the position but Malkowski is working away.
Malkowski defending against the ground and pound.
Malkowski is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Ray looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ray has knee on belly momentarily but Malkowski bucks him off and regains half guard.

Ray is working for an americana but Malkowski has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Ray was thinking about the submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkowski keeping moving, preventing Ray from controlling successfully.
Malkowski trying to keep a closed guard but Ray is proving a slippery customer.
Ray pushes down on Malkowski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ray looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ray moves nicely into side control.
Malkowski looks gassed!

Ray is trying to get an arm triangle but Malkowski is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ray goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Malkowski rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Ray's guard! Nice work there by Malkowski!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ray working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Malkowski has passed into half guard!
Ray wants to improve his position but Malkowski is controlling well.
Ray punching from the bottom.
Ray gets full guard.
Ray has control of Malkowski's left arm, preventing Malkowski from doing any damage.

Ray is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Malkowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Ray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray looking to hit a scissor sweep but Malkowski is one step ahead there.
Malkowski wants to control from the top but Ray keeps moving.

Ray has his feet on Malkowski's thighs here. He's pushed Malkowski off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Malkowski screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tengo Ray!