PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nobuo Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba comes to the cage accompanied by Mono - Battle for Heaven. Chong Starbowsky Ii has chosen "SCIENCE OF THE TRIFE" as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nobuo Sakuraba had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sakuraba
vs
Chong Starbowsky Ii

184 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
186 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nobuo Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chong Starbowsky Ii misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakuraba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sakuraba closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Chong Starbowsky Ii quickly recovers to half guard.
Sakuraba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sakuraba not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sakuraba takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Chong Starbowsky Ii trying to hold on to Sakuraba's head to control him but Sakuraba postures up.
Sakuraba is controlling the pace.
Chong Starbowsky Ii gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chong Starbowsky Ii looking for a sweep. Not yet Chong Starbowsky Ii, not yet.
Chong Starbowsky Ii keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nobuo Sakuraba wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Chong Starbowsky Ii closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Chong Starbowsky Ii is trying to control the action in half guard but Sakuraba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chong Starbowsky Ii.
Chong Starbowsky Ii not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chong Starbowsky Ii landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chong Starbowsky Ii tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Sakuraba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chong Starbowsky Ii looks to land a strike but Sakuraba avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sakuraba keeping moving, preventing Chong Starbowsky Ii from controlling successfully.
Sakuraba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sakuraba doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakuraba throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sakuraba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chong Starbowsky Ii on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuraba throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Chong Starbowsky Ii trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chong Starbowsky Ii wants to control from the top but Sakuraba keeps moving.
Chong Starbowsky Ii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sakuraba throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Chong Starbowsky Ii escapes and throws Sakuraba's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Sakuraba gets back to half guard.
Chong Starbowsky Ii is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Chong Starbowsky Ii is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sakuraba defends it well.
Chong Starbowsky Ii throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sakuraba wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chong Starbowsky Ii is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sakuraba sees it coming and defends easily.
Chong Starbowsky Ii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sakuraba tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Chong Starbowsky Ii has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Sakuraba on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sakuraba tries to get out of the position.

Chong Starbowsky Ii is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Sakuraba is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii!
A very excited looking Jeannot Chong Starbowsky Ii made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.