PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi comes to the ring accompanied by Scary. Sim Salabim is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gomi
vs
Salabim

173 cm
25
168 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Condemned

Condemned
[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « AJFC↑ TRIPLE 160Q ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi tries to clinch but Salabim is having none of it.
Salabim throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salabim lands with a nice body punch.
Gomi takes one to the chin there.
Salabim lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Salabim throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Salabim scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gomi in his tracks.
Gomi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Salabim is fending him off so far but Gomi persists. Nope, Salabim circles away and we're back to standing.
Salabim scores with a jab.
Gomi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sim Salabim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gomi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Salabim quickly recovers to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Salabim is trying to control but Gomi passes into side control!
Salabim dodges the ground and pound from Gomi.
Gomi lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Salabim manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gomi's best efforts.

Gomi is looking for a kimura but Salabim is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gomi to get the leverage.
Gomi misses with a head shot. Salabim uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gomi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Salabim works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gomi looking to pass the guard.
Gomi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Salabim's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a strike but Salabim rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Salabim's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gomi wants to sweep but no luck.
Salabim slips nicely into half guard.
Gomi tries to roll over but Salabim keeps him under control.
Salabim wants to control but Gomi is keeping him busy.

Gomi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salabim is trying to control. Gomi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gomi keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Salabim missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Salabim working over Gomi with some ground and pound. Gomi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Salabim.
Gomi is looking to control Salabim's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gomi avoid being mounted?
Gomi wants to improve his position but Salabim is controlling well.
Salabim working Gomi over with strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Salabim wants to control but Gomi is keeping him busy.
Gomi is trying to control but Salabim manages to pass to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee warns Gomi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salabim cracks Gomi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Salabim working Gomi over with strikes here.
Gomi wants to hold on but Salabim pushes him away.
Salabim landing strikes from the mount and Gomi is in trouble!

Gomi is rocked!
Gomi takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Salabim's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim!
Sim Salabim is the new lightweight champion!
Sim Salabim really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition OKTOBERFEST SALE! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.