PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Toriyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephane Mermoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toriyama
vs
Mermoud

170 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Takeshi Toriyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stephane Mermoud!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toriyama missing with a left hand there. Mermoud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mermoud tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Toriyama is able to avoid easily.

Mermoud gets caught flat footed, as Toriyama shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Toriyama stops Mermoud from standing up.
Toriyama trying to control but Mermoud is working from the bottom.
Toriyama stops Mermoud from standing up.
Toriyama is looking to work some ground and pound but Mermoud has wrist control.
Toriyama with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toriyama missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Toriyama is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Toriyama chips away with some ground and pound.
Toriyama works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mermoud is defending against the submission attempts here by Toriyama.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toriyama prevents Mermoud from standing back up.

Toriyama is trying to work for a kimura but Mermoud is defending well.
Mermoud really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toriyama. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toriyama works his way into full mount!
The referee warns Mermoud that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Toriyama with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toriyama looking for a guillotine from mount but Mermoud is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toriyama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Toriyama lands a big elbow.

Mermoud is rocked!
Toriyama drops a big elbow. That's hurt Mermoud! More shots from Toriyama and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Toriyama!
Takeshi Toriyama was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.