PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katuro Tisoaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tisoaka comes to the cage accompanied by Festivo. Brown has chosen Rob Zombie - Dragula as his entrance music. Katuro Tisoaka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Brown's chin.

Tisoaka
vs
Brown

169 cm
21
169 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

183 cm
22
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katuro Tisoaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Brown!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brown gets caught flat footed, as Tisoaka shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tisoaka wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown wants to stand up but Tisoaka is controlling him.
Tisoaka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tisoaka sitting in guard here, content to control.

Brown throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisoaka advances position into side control!
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tisoaka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Tisoaka is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Brown looks calm but he's in trouble here. Tisoaka gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Brown is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Tisoaka lets go of the hold and Brown can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Katuro Tisoaka!
During a confident post fight interview, Katuro Tisoaka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.