PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harry Panchal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mosef Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panchal
vs
Malone

150 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

The Knot

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry Panchal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mosef Malone!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone scores with a head kick. Panchal tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Malone fakes the leg kick and cracks Panchal in the body.
Panchal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Malone counters with a good low kick that Panchal was not able to check.
Panchal misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malone.
Panchal avoids the body shot from Malone.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malone.
A chopping leg kick lands by Malone.
Panchal fails with a takedown attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Malone. Panchal shrugs it off though.
Nice body kick from Malone.
Malone lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Malone throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone pushes Panchal away with a front kick.
Panchal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Malone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Malone lands a leg kick that knocks Panchal off balance momentarily.
Malone is looking to slow Panchal down with leg kicks.
Malone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Panchal has been working on his balance at Tokyo Totally Gym + Sauna, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Malone.
Mosef Malone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panchal sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Malone tries to bum rush Panchal with a series of wild strikes but Panchal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malone throws a head kick that Panchal semi-blocks.
Nice body kick from Malone.
Panchal blocks a head kick by Malone.
A head kick misses from Malone.

Panchal shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Panchal showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Panchal works his way into full mount!
Malone looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panchal controlling the position easily from mount.
Panchal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panchal takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Panchal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Panchal lands a big elbow.
Panchal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Panchal controlling from the full mount.

Panchal is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Panchal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Harry Panchal!