PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yago Coutinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Strong has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yago Coutinho's chin.

Coutinho
vs
Strong

173 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yago Coutinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Strong!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coutinho tries to clinch but Strong moves out of range.
Strong with a poor takedown

and Coutinho counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Strong tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Strong wants to improve his position but Coutinho is controlling well.
Strong really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coutinho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Coutinho has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Strong defend it? Coutinho steps over the head and cranks it - Strong is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Coutinho!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yago Coutinho!