PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between jin fooshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jordan 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.

fooshi
vs
roberts

150 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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, jin fooshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, jordan roberts!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
roberts closes this distance looking for a takedown but fooshi circles away.
fooshi tries to clinch but roberts moves out of range.
A punch combination from fooshi misses.

roberts looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for fooshi!
fooshi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
roberts controlling from mount.

roberts working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
roberts scores with a couple of good head shots there.
fooshi is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
fooshi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
fooshi is looking to improve his position but roberts isn't that keen on the idea.
fooshi throwing hammer fists to the chest of roberts. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as fooshi is looking to escape.
roberts tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

roberts looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
roberts lands with some vicious ground and pound - can fooshi hang on?
fooshi working to try and regain half guard.
roberts looking to control and managing it successfully.
fooshi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
fooshi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
roberts is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. fooshi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
fooshi is squirming around, avoiding roberts's attempts to control the action.
fooshi flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

roberts working for a guillotine from mount but fooshi is in no mood to give up.
roberts looks gassed!

roberts working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
fooshi can't escape the position.
fooshi trying desperately to get to his feet.
fooshi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

roberts has control of fooshi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and fooshi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
fooshi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fooshi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

roberts is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but fooshi is surviving well by controlling roberts's body position as best he can.
fooshi is looking to improve his position but roberts isn't that keen on the idea.

roberts working for a guillotine from mount but fooshi is in no mood to give up.
fooshi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
roberts with shots to the head and body - fooshi looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
fooshi throwing hammer fists to the chest of roberts. What's that going to do exactly?
fooshi working to try and regain half guard.
fooshi throwing hammer fists to the chest of roberts. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
fooshi flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
roberts cracks fooshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
fooshi's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
fooshi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
roberts working fooshi over with strikes here.
roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as fooshi is looking to escape.
fooshi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
fooshi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
fooshi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for roberts on the ground.
roberts lands a big shot there that rocks fooshi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
roberts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
fooshi is in all sorts of trouble here.

fooshi is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. roberts locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! fooshi is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). jordan roberts!