PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grim Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Reaper
vs
Narushima

180 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Brute

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grim Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Narushima!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Narushima.
Narushima is looking to land body kicks.
Reaper avoids the head kick by Narushima.

Reaper decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Narushima is trying to stand up here but Reaper is controlling him well.
Reaper is looking to take a break and control but Narushima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Narushima really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reaper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Reaper lands a nice short elbow.
Narushima wants to get back to his feet.
Reaper thows a huge punch but Narushima dodges it nicely.
Reaper thows a huge punch but Narushima dodges it nicely.
Reaper is controlling the pace.
Reaper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Narushima has hold of Reaper's hands but Reaper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reaper looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima wants to get back to his feet.
Reaper working the head and body with strikes.
Reaper working over Narushima with some ground and pound. Narushima looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Reaper not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reaper lands with a punch from half guard.
Reaper is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Reaper is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Narushima has managed to free his arm - good work.
Narushima tries to kick Reaper off but Reaper keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reaper works his foot free and advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Narushima can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee warns Narushima that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Narushima really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Reaper has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Narushima's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reaper has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Narushima's face.
Narushima is trying to stand up.
Reaper working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Reaper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Narushima is rocked!
Reaper could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Reaper unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Narushima wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Reaper celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grim Reaper!