PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dariusas Machnacius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meguru Takayanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Machnacius
vs
Takayanagi

165 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Nan's Nutrition

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dariusas Machnacius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meguru Takayanagi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Takayanagi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Takayanagi passes Machnacius's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Machnacius has a hand on Takayanagi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Takayanagi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Takayanagi throwing strikes here but Machnacius is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Takayanagi lands a couple of good shots and Machnacius has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Takayanagi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Machnacius is in bad spot here.

Takayanagi has his arm under Machnacius's chin here. Game over son! Takayanagi squeezes tightly and Machnacius is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Meguru Takayanagi!
After the fight, Meguru Takayanagi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.