PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hyun Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective's entrance music is Barricade. A fine choice. Hyun Sudo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Collective
vs
Sudo

175 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Sudo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sudo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Collective defending against the ground and pound.
Collective taking a bit of punishment here - Sudo scoring with strikes.
Collective wants to control but Sudo postures up.
Sudo tries to advance to mount but Collective denies him.

Sudo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Collective has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sudo prevents Collective from escaping the position.
Sudo working away.
Collective is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sudo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Who's going to make the next move?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Collective takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sudo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Collective keeps working.

Sudo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Collective is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sudo controlling from side mount.
Collective is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sudo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Collective to see if he's OK.

Sudo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Collective knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Collective is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sudo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Collective might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Sudo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Collective tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sudo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Collective that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Collective tries to hold on but Sudo pushes him away.
Collective tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Sudo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Collective has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sudo is landing with some decent strikes but Collective is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collective takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sudo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Collective is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sudo wants to control the pace but Collective is squirming around nicely.
Sudo controlling his opponent.
Sudo lands with some strikes.
Sudo working the ground and pound effectively.
Sudo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Collective is squirming around, avoiding Sudo's attempts to control the action.
Sudo working Collective over with strikes here.
Sudo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Sudo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Sudo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sudo landing strikes from the mount and Collective is in trouble!
Collective is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sudo is landing with some decent strikes but Collective is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Sudo has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Collective is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hyun Sudo!