PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Bjerring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Tomonaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomonaka has chosen Pistolero as his entrance music. Magnus Tomonaka is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bjerring
vs
Tomonaka

182 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Bjerring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Tomonaka!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomonaka misses with the combination.
Tomonaka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tomonaka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bjerring lands a jab to the head.
Jonas Bjerring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjerring takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bjerring throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bjerring throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tomonaka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bjerring takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Jonas Bjerring has been cut.
A shot to the body from Bjerring misses
and Tomonaka counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bjerring looks to land a right hand but Tomonaka moved out of range.
Bjerring misses with a shot to the body

and Tomonaka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bjerring tries to kick Tomonaka off but Tomonaka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tomonaka content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bjerring is kicking away at Tomonaka from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Tomonaka grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Bjerring trying to push Tomonaka off... Bjerring taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Magnus Tomonaka!
Magnus Tomonaka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.