PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RV Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). RV Malapitan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Narushima
vs
Malapitan

177 cm
29
216 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

188 cm
23
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, RV Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima tries to clinch up.
Narushima throws a nice outside leg kick.
Malapitan misses with an uppercut. Narushima saw that one coming.
Narushima slips a jab and a cross from Malapitan.
Malapitan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Malapitan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Narushima makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Narushima definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Narushima.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malapitan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malapitan swats away the attempt to clinch by Narushima.
Malapitan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malapitan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Narushima lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malapitan looks winded!

Narushima gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Narushima lands a knee to the body.
Narushima stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Narushima putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malapitan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Narushima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Narushima connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malapitan's face.
Narushima with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Narushima keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malapitan's efforts to push away.
Narushima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malapitan can't break the clinch.
Narushima holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Malapitan wants to get back to striking at distance but Narushima won't allow it.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Narushima lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Malapitan goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Narushima in side control.

Malapitan is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Narushima in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Malapitan is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryo Narushima!
After winning the bout, Ryo Narushima thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.