PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeo Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fate Tiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Imanari
vs
Tiger

177 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

155 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeo Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fate Tiger!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari fails with a takedown attempt.

Tiger looking to score a takedown here. Imanari is defending well but Tiger drives through and ends up in Imanari's guard.
Imanari seems keen to control Tiger's posture.

Imanari has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tiger can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Imanari escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tiger gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Imanari keeping moving, preventing Tiger from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Imanari had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tiger defends it easily.
Tiger postures up.

Imanari has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tiger doesn't defend quickly enough and Imanari has managed to lock this one up! Can Tiger escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Imanari on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Takeo Imanari!
Our winner, Takeo Imanari, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.