PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marlon Moraes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Moraes
vs
Wang

170 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marlon Moraes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Long Wang!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moraes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moraes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moraes manages to avoid it.
Moraes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moraes looks for the body kick but Wang saw that one coming.
Moraes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moraes wants to clinch

and Wang counters with a takedown into side control.
Wang controlling the position from side mount.
Moraes is looking for a sweep.

Wang is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Moraes looks calm but he's in trouble here. Wang gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Moraes is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Wang lets go of the hold and Moraes can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Long Wang!