PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Tiura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filet Mignon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filet Mignon will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tiura
vs
Mignon

216 cm
25
248 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
232 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takashi Tiura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Filet Mignon!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mignon misses with an uppercut.
Mignon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tiura looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mignon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mignon misses with a double jab.
Tiura throws a body shot but no joy.
Mignon feints the counter takedown.
Mignon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tiura was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mignon lands a jab.

Tiura scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tiura controlling the action here.
Tiura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tiura frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiura scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mignon?
Tiura controlling from the full mount.
Tiura landing strikes from the mount and Mignon is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tiura looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Tiura with good strikes from the mount here!

Tiura looking to secure an arm triangle but Mignon defends it well.
Tiura tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mignon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tiura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiura scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mignon?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiura controlling from mount.
Tiura has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mignon's face.
Tiura controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiura is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mignon can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tiura landing strikes from the mount and Mignon is in trouble!
Mignon is trying to stand up.
Mignon looks winded!
Tiura scoring with strikes but Mignon is staying in there.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Takashi Tiura!