PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Gagarin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waka Lomuh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gagarin
vs
Lomuh

170 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuri Gagarin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Waka Lomuh!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lomuh scores a takedown into full mount!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lomuh controlling from the full mount.
Gagarin is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lomuh controlling the position easily from mount.
Gagarin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lomuh controlling from the full mount.
Gagarin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gagarin wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomuh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lomuh manages to capitalize on a mistake by Gagarin to take his back!
Lomuh has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Gagarin's body.
Gagarin has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomuh's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Waka Lomuh.
Gagarin shoots in looking for a takedown but Lomuh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gagarin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gagarin shoots in looking for a takedown. Lomuh tries to sprawl out of it but Gagarin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lomuh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Waka Lomuh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lomuh shoots and misses

and Gagarin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gagarin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lomuh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lomuh content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gagarin working to try and regain half guard.
Lomuh controlling the pace for now.
Lomuh wants to control the pace but Gagarin is squirming around nicely.
Lomuh tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lomuh mounts Gagarin! Really nice guard pass there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomuh trying to control but Gagarin is having none of it.
Lomuh content just to control the position here.

Lomuh looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gagarin is trying to reverse the position but instead Lomuh has taken his back - oops!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Waka Lomuh dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lomuh dives in and grabs Gagarin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gagarin pushes down on Lomuh's head and hops out.

Gagarin shoots in and bounces Lomuh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gagarin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lomuh wants to sweep but no luck.
Gagarin trying to move into half guard but instead Lomuh has managed to sweep!

Gagarin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lomuh is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waka Lomuh has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lomuh with a poor takedown

and Gagarin counters with a single leg into guard. Lomuh didn't expect that.
Gagarin pushing down on Lomuh's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gagarin looking for a submission but Lomuh manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gagarin trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lomuh manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Gagarin keeping moving, preventing Lomuh from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gagarin has his feet on Lomuh's thighs here. He's pushed Lomuh 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! Lomuh screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yuri Gagarin!