PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riku Reipas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reipas
vs
Khali

175 cm
38
148 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

175 cm
44
160 lbs
32 - 50 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Riku Reipas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 50 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brij Khali!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khali tries to clinch up.

Khali clinches.
Reipas jumps guard but Khali turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Reipas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Khali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reipas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Khali rushes Reipas and presses him up against the ropes.

Reipas pulls guard effortlessly.
Khali wants to stand but Reipas is controlling his posture from full guard.

Reipas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khali really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reipas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Reipas has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Khali should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Reipas has tightened it up now! Khali should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Riku Reipas!
Riku Reipas retains his lightweight title!
The defeated Brij Khali had this to say: 'Dissapointed to Lose'.