PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Sailo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroki Takeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sailo
vs
Takeda

186 cm
27
197 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Sailo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroki Takeda!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sailo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Takeda wants to get back to his feet.
Sailo content to control rather than advance.
Sailo passes to full mount!

Sailo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Takeda turns into him and now he's in Sailo's guard.
Takeda wants to stand but Sailo is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sailo is looking for a triangle but Takeda pushes his legs off easily.
Sailo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Takeda must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sailo has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Takeda should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Sailo has tightened it up now! Takeda should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Adam Sailo!