PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobuhiko Oshima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oshima comes to the cage accompanied by CIMA Theme. Rose has chosen Above Envy - World Goes Wild as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oshima
vs
Rose

168 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Meet the Future
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Tokyo United Fightwear
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nobuhiko Oshima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Rose!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rose gets caught flat footed, as Oshima shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Oshima passes Rose's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Rose looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oshima slips a nice elbow through Rose's hands, connecting with Rose's forehead.
Rose wants to improve his position but Oshima is controlling well.
Oshima trying to advance position but Rose counters by regaining guard.
Oshima wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.

Rose working for a triangle but Oshima defends it easily.
Oshima forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oshima is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rose defends it well.
Oshima looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rose with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rose tries to get to full guard but Oshima has control of the leg.

Oshima is looking for a kimura here.

Rose looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Oshima stalling away here and it's allowed Rose to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rose has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oshima can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oshima working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Oshima drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Oshima seems to have locked his on tight now - Rose screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Oshima, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Nobuhiko Oshima!
Our winner, Nobuhiko Oshima, 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.