PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Roberts (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.

Moretti
vs
Roberts

185 cm
23
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
23
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Salvatore Moretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Roberts rushes Moretti and presses him up against the cage.

Moretti gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Roberts regains guard.
Roberts is adopting a defensive guard.

Moretti thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Moretti not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Moretti passes Roberts's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Moretti looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Moretti works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moretti will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Moretti misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti avoids the attempt from Roberts to control.

Moretti looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Moretti controlling from mount.

Roberts has left one of his arms exposed and Moretti doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Roberts screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Salvatore Moretti!
Our winner, Salvatore Moretti, 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.