PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Blanchard (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.

Glenn
vs
Blanchard

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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, Ralph Glenn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raymond Blanchard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanchard misses with a body shot.
Raymond Blanchard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Blanchard shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Blanchard with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Blanchard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Glenn defends it well.
Blanchard with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Blanchard uses his free foot to push down on Glenn's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Glenn.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Blanchard wants to finish this one by submission but Glenn is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Blanchard.
Blanchard throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard tries to control but Glenn wriggling away.
Blanchard wants to take his opponent's back but Glenn doesn't allow it.

Blanchard is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Glenn can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Glenn is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Blanchard controlling from mount.
Glenn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Glenn tries to get out of the position.

Blanchard looking for a guillotine from mount but Glenn is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard controlling the pace for now.
Blanchard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Glenn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blanchard on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glenn tries to buck Blanchard off but Blanchard takes his back!

Glenn is trying to defend against the choke here but Blanchard has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Blanchard Tightens the hold and Glenn taps out furiously! Blanchard displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Raymond Blanchard!
After winning the bout, Raymond Blanchard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.