PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pj Denn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yudai Koshiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denn comes to the cage accompanied by Get Up by Slaughterhouse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Denn
vs
Koshiba

187 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pj Denn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yudai Koshiba!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koshiba changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Denn tries to avoid it but Koshiba manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Denn to the ground. Denn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Koshiba shoots in for a takedown but Denn shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Denn with that takedown attempt.
Koshiba looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Denn is fending him off so far but Koshiba persists. Nope, Denn circles away and we're back to standing.
Pj Denn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yudai Koshiba.
Koshiba tries to clinch but Denn moves away
and Denn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koshiba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Denn. That did some damage!
Koshiba looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Koshiba has his takedown stuffed
and Koshiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koshiba fails with the takedown.
Denn lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koshiba backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Denn misses with a two punch combination.
Koshiba misses with a body kick.
Koshiba wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Koshiba misses with a takedown
and Koshiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Denn gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Koshiba is trying to get back to half guard.

Denn thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Denn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Koshiba knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Koshiba is not content to let Denn control the position.
Denn happy to just control the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denn seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Koshiba for as long as he can get away with.
Denn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koshiba keeps working.
Denn creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Koshiba sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Koshiba can do anything to dispel that myth.

Denn has hold of Koshiba's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Koshiba seems comfortable defending it but Denn has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Koshiba is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Koshiba is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Denn couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pj Denn!
Pj Denn took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, DL - Hostile Clothing (94% laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.