PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jules Cassidy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kok Nos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kok Nos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cassidy
vs
Nos

152 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jules Cassidy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kok Nos!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cassidy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nos is fending him off so far but Cassidy persists. Nope, Nos circles away and we're back to standing.
Cassidy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cassidy.
Cassidy really is a fat lump.

Nos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nos perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nos working the head and body with strikes.
Nos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cassidy wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cassidy is trying to get back to full guard.
Nos lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nos lands a nice short elbow.
Nos slips a nice elbow through Cassidy's hands, connecting with Cassidy's forehead.
Cassidy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nos on the ground.
Nos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nos winds up and cracks Cassidy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Nos maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Cassidy could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Nos has cracked it and Cassidy is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Nos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kok Nos!
A determined Kok Nos didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!