PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abram Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ario Kuramoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Crosby
vs
Kuramoto

197 cm
24
140 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

172 cm
24
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue 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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abram Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ario Kuramoto!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kuramoto has Crosby up against the cage in a clinch.
Crosby lands an elbow inside.
Kuramoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kuramoto wants to break free but Crosby has control.
Crosby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crosby is trying to push Kuramoto away but Kuramoto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crosby working hard to break the clinch.
Kuramoto scores with a shot to the side of Crosby's head.

Kuramoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuramoto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crosby.
Kuramoto misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Kuramoto misses.
Crosby fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kuramoto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Crosby quickly recovers to half guard.

Crosby pushes Kuramoto off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kuramoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Crosby gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kuramoto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kuramoto advances to half guard.
Crosby won't allow Kuramoto to pass to mount.
Crosby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kuramoto.
Crosby is trying to stand up here but Kuramoto is controlling him well.
Crosby is holding on to half guard well.
Crosby is looking to escape.
Crosby trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Kuramoto manages to pass to mount!
Kuramoto controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuramoto lands a heavy elbow.

Kuramoto is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Crosby is surviving well by controlling Kuramoto's body position as best he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crosby tries to buck Kuramoto off but he can't manage it.

Kuramoto is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Crosby to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Crosby shrugs it off.
Crosby wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Kuramoto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crosby is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuramoto tries to control but Crosby wriggling away.
Crosby is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Kuramoto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crosby flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kuramoto looking to control and managing it successfully.
Crosby is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Kuramoto controlling his opponent.
Kuramoto lands a big elbow.
Kuramoto wants to control the pace but Crosby is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuramoto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Crosby is rocked!

Kuramoto working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Oh Crosby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuramoto lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Crosby takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kuramoto's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ario Kuramoto!
Ario Kuramoto thanked the fans post fight for their support.