PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Smith
vs
James

180 cm
24
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel James!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Smith.

Smith is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, James has escaped the position, nice work there.
Smith wants to stand but James is controlling his arm.
Smith happy to just control the position for now.
James can't do much from the bottom here.

Smith looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Smith is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. James looks calm but he's in trouble here. Smith gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. James is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Smith lets go of the hold and James can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Smith!
An out of breath James Smith thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.