PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manchester Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ishii
vs
Red

180 cm
22
245 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

150 cm
27
262 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Satoshi Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manchester Red!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii shoots in for a takedown but Red shows good takedown defense.
Ishii backing away here, and Red unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ishii shoots in but no luck this time.
Ishii wants to clinch up but Red keeps it at a distance.
Red feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ishiis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ishii ducks under a wild hook from Red.
Ishii walks forward, straight into a front kick from Red.
Red connects with an inside leg kick.
Red digs a good hook to Ishii's body.
Red wants to land a leg kick but Ishii is out of range.
Red looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ishii looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Red throws a push kick but Ishii slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Red misses.
Ishii tries to clinch but Red moves out of range.
Ishii goes for a double leg but Red avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Red continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Satoshi Ishii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishii looks for a takedown but Red sprawls well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Red! But no joy.
Ishii tries to clinch there but Red circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ishii dives in and scores a takedown into Red's guard.
Red is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ishii stopping the sweep attempt from Red.

Ishii drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ishii jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ishii trying to control the position from guard on top but Red is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ishii advances to half guard.
Ishii moves into full mount! Red won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii controlling from the full mount.

Ishii swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Satoshi Ishii!
Satoshi Ishii took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Invictus Laundry for their support in the buildup to the fight.