PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daichi Nomura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nomura
vs
Couture

184 cm
25
217 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
223 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Hellraiser FightGear

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daichi Nomura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Couture!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nomura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Couture.
Nomura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Couture's coach down at Harambe Remembrance Hall was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Couture's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Nomura has Couture up against the cage in a clinch.
Nomura is looking to take this one to the mat.

Nomura lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nomura controlling the pace.

Couture is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Nomura has latched onto it... Big trouble! Nomura pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Couture is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Nomura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Daichi Nomura!
Daichi Nomura decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.