PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Katuro Tisoaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tisoaka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Festivo. Watts has chosen Remember the name as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tisoaka
vs
Watts

169 cm
21
169 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 6 - 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Niko Watts!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tisoaka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Watts is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Tisoaka is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tisoaka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Watts content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tisoaka gets full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts tries to free his leg and advance position but Tisoaka is retaining full guard.
Tisoaka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watts is in trouble now - Tisoaka has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisoaka working the ground and pound effectively.
Tisoaka punching from mount but Watts doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tisoaka thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Watts looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tisoaka wants to control the pace but Watts is squirming around nicely.
Tisoaka is really struggling to control Watts but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tisoaka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Watts looks a forlorn figure.
Tisoaka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tisoaka unloading with bombs!
Tisoaka postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Watts badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Tisoaka around the waist but Tisoaka pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Tisoaka is the winner by TKO! Tisoaka jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katuro Tisoaka!
After winning the bout, Katuro Tisoaka thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.