PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Long Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wang
vs
Roberts

168 cm
25
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Long Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberts is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Roberts misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wang is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Roberts changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wang tries to avoid it but Roberts manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wang to the ground. Wang escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roberts scores with a nice body kick.
Wang dodges the punch combination from Roberts.
Roberts closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Roberts throws a right and a left that Wang avoids nicely.
Roberts scores with a sloppy right hand. Wang should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wang scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wang misses with the ground and pound.
Wang works to advance to full mount. Roberts defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang misses with a head shot.
Wang landing strikes from the mount.

Wang is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Roberts has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Roberts!
Roberts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Wang looking for a triangle here. Roberts is fighting it but it looks tight! Wang pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Roberts is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Long Wang!