PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley Lewis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Musashi
vs
Lewis

178 cm
33
197 lbs
14 - 17 - 0

191 cm
31
189 lbs
14 - 14 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyamoto Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Lewis!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Lewis to counter with a crisp jab.

Musashi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Musashi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Musashi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lewis defends it well.
Musashi wants to take a breather but Lewis is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis is trying to get back to full guard.
Musashi wants to take a breather but Lewis is having none of it.

Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Musashi is looking for a kimura here.

Musashi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lewis doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Musashi.

Lewis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Musashi wants to work for an arm triangle but Lewis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Musashi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lewis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Musashi is trying for a kimura here. Lewis looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Musashi wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miyamoto Musashi!
Miyamoto Musashi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.