PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hachiro Matsui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Okano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Aalto - Resolution kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Koji Okano is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Matsui
vs
Okano

173 cm
24
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

176 cm
33
166 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hachiro Matsui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Koji Okano!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Okano.
Matsui takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Okano connects with a high kick.
Matsui throws a right hand that misses
and Okano counters with a low kick, right behind Matsui 's knee.
Matsui throws a series of punches but Okano avoids them all with ease.
A left lands for Okano.

Okano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matsui tries to work over Okano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matsui lands with a short shot to the head.
Okano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matsui avoids it.
Matsui can't break the clinch.
Okano struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsui controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okano.
Okano lands an elbow inside.

Matsui has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Okano clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Matsui scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Okano is looking for a way out.
Matsui missing with strikes from the back.
Okano rolls, trying to escape but Matsui keeps control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okano is trapped and Matsui is scoring with shots to the head and body.

Matsui is working for a rear naked choke. Okano is not defending it well and Matsui has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Okano refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Okano's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hachiro Matsui!
A very excited looking Hachiro Matsui made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.