PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominickoy Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Kirby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominickoy Palhares has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Palhares
vs
Kirby

193 cm
35
222 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

166 cm
20
214 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dominickoy Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Kirby!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kirby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kirby closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Palhares to the mat! Palhares manages to get full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Palhares is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kirby has his hands clasped together but Palhares extends and breaks Kirby's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Palhares.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dominickoy Palhares!
In his post fight interview, Dominickoy Palhares started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.