PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kitsune Tsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You by Hank Williams, Jr. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ryan
vs
Tsuki

183 cm
29
159 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

175 cm
35
160 lbs
19 - 19 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kitsune Tsuki!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuki wants to clinch up but Ryan keeps it at a distance.
Ryan shoots in for a double leg but Tsuki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ryan throws a head kick that misses

and Tsuki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Tsuki pulls Ryan into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ryan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Tsuki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ryan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ryan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tsuki's head.
Tsuki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ryan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ryan cracks Tsuki with a solid left hand.
Ryan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Tsuki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ryan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Tsuki has his foot on Ryan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ryan works his way back into a safe position though.

Tsuki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ryan is aware though and is defending well.
Ryan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ryan stops Tsuki from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan pushes down on Tsuki's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Ryan seems to be working for a kimura but Tsuki defends the submission attempt.
Tsuki tries to get to full guard but Ryan has control of the leg.

Ryan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tsuki defends it well.

Tsuki is defending against the submission attempts here by Ryan.
Ryan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Tsuki actively working from the bottom here.
Ryan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ryan drops an elbow to the side of Tsuki's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ryan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ryan is looking to advance position but Tsuki won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan prevents Tsuki from improving his position.

Tsuki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Ryan is looking for a kimura but Tsuki is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ryan to get the leverage.
Tsuki moves into full guard.
Ryan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tsuki's guard.
Tsuki throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Ryan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tsuki defends it well.

Ryan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tsuki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tsuki lands with a few short shots to the body.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Ryan!
Daniel Ryan tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.