PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Misaki Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misaki Suzuki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Suzuki
vs
Damon

170 cm
22
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

FIREPOWER NUTRITION

Apocalypse Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Misaki Suzuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Damon!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki shoots in and drives through. Damon sprawls well.
Damon looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Suzuki shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Suzuki showed some decent athleticism there.
Suzuki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Damon defending well though.
Damon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Suzuki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Damon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Suzuki.
Suzuki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Damon's head.
Suzuki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Damon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Damon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Suzuki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Suzuki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Damon taking some punishment here, with Suzuki in his half guard.
Suzuki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Suzuki passes the guard and advances to mount!
Suzuki lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Suzuki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Suzuki with shots to the head and body - Damon looks very uncomfortable down there.
Damon is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Suzuki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Damon avoids a series of strikes thrown by Suzuki.
Suzuki is landing with some decent strikes but Damon is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Suzuki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Suzuki is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Damon has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Damon!
Damon preventing the sweep.
Suzuki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Suzuki tries to get out of the position.
Suzuki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Damon manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Suzuki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Damon is keeping the position for now.
Suzuki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Damon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Suzuki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Damon's head.
Suzuki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Suzuki landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suzuki passes Damon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Suzuki wants to pass the guard but Damon is defending well.
Suzuki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Damon's head.
Suzuki passes to full mount!
Damon is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Suzuki thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Damon tries to hold on but Suzuki pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Suzuki.
Suzuki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Suzuki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suzuki looking for a guillotine from mount but Damon is having none of it.
Damon avoids a series of strikes thrown by Suzuki.
Damon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Damon is rocked!
Damon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Damon is still in real trouble! Can Suzuki finish him?
Suzuki landing punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suzuki postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Damon looks a forlorn figure.
Suzuki has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Damon's face.
Suzuki lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suzuki landing shots from mount.

Suzuki is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Damon is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Damon flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Suzuki anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Damon and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Suzuki slips an arm under Damon chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Suzuki has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Suzuki is squeezing on Damon like an anaconda would it's prey. Damon fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Misaki Suzuki!