PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrei Vega has the eye of the tiger tonight.

James
vs
Vega

178 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrei Vega!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Vega.
James stuffs the takedown attempt from Vega. Vega gets slowly back to his feet.
James misses with a head kick.

Vega shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vega throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James wants to get back to full guard.
Vega thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed James's head.

Vega is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Vega postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for James to stand up.

James shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vega napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Vega can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vega manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Vega has one foot on James's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

James drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Vega looks gassed!
Vega struggling a bit here.
Vega manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Vega has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vega gets full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vega throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Andrei Vega!