PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between uh io (ranked 5988 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lodi Petmalu (ranked 3128 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

io
vs
Petmalu

200 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
240 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, uh io!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lodi Petmalu!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petmalu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
io wants to control but Petmalu postures up.
io is looking for a sweep.
Petmalu wants to lay and pray for a moment but io keeps working.
io wants to control but Petmalu postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petmalu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Petmalu cracks io with a big right hand but io just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
io taking a bit of punishment here - Petmalu scoring with strikes.
You can see the frustration on io's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Petmalu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
io on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
io is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Check out the look on Petmalu's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

io is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
io tries to improve position but can't.
Petmalu scoring with punches and elbows.
Oh io is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petmalu cracks io with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Petmalu immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! io is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Petmalu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lodi Petmalu!