PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Momoshiro Kitsune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparka Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitsune comes to the cage accompanied by 僕はミス・テイク~. Momoshiro Kitsune has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kitsune
vs
Man

160 cm
29
148 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

178 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Momoshiro Kitsune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sparka Man!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kitsune looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Man!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Kitsune tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kitsune has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kitsune remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Man is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kitsune in side control, throwing shots but Man defends.
Man looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kitsune 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.
Kitsune is looking to take a break and control but Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kitsune slows the pace down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitsune is looking to take a break and control but Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kitsune happy to just control the position for now.
The ground and pound from Kitsune seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kitsune wants to lay and pray for a moment but Man keeps working.

Kitsune is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Man has escaped the position, nice work there.

Kitsune is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Man is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitsune has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Kitsune looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kitsune fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kitsune lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BOOM! Kitsune connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Man is rocked!

Kitsune has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Man is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Momoshiro Kitsune!
Momoshiro Kitsune decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.