PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Tihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Baddest-Krispy Kreme. Tihiro has chosen Jyo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sobral
vs
Tihiro

180 cm
31
202 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

188 cm
31
210 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimundo Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Tihiro!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tihiro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tihiro works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sobral really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tihiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sobral is looking to escape.
Tihiro controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Tihiro might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sobral is working to get back to half guard.
Tihiro controlling from mount.
Tihiro is continuing to stall.
The adventures of Tihiro the control monster continue. Boring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sobral manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sobral is looking for a sweep. Tihiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tihiro not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tihiro wants to pass the guard but Sobral is keeping the position.
Tihiro stopping the sweep attempt from Sobral.
Tihiro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Tihiro fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sobral sprawls well initially but Tihiro persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tihiro trying to control from half guard but Sobral is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral tries to roll over but Tihiro keeps him under control.
Tihiro sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuki Tihiro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tihiro drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tihiro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sobral keeping moving, preventing Tihiro from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tihiro is stalling in the full guard.
Sobral keeping full guard, as Tihiro tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Tihiro desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Tihiro is trying to maintain the position but Sobral is very close to passing his half guard.

Tihiro is defending against the submission attempts here by Sobral.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sobral is working for a submission of some sort.
Tihiro trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tihiro is positioning himself well to prevent Sobral advancing to mount.
Sobral seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Sobral is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tihiro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tihiro is looking to control Sobral's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tihiro avoid being mounted?
Sobral prevents Tihiro from improving his position.
Tihiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sobral is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Tihiro is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Raimundo Sobral!
A victorious Raimundo Sobral thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.