PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keisuke Matsui (ranked 6987 p4p, 0 weight class) and Citrus Surtic (ranked 5025 p4p, 0 weight class). Citrus Surtic is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Matsui
vs
Surtic

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keisuke Matsui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Citrus Surtic!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matsui drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Matsui lands an elbow.
Surtic sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Surtic gets full guard.

Surtic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Surtic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Matsui doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Matsui manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Surtic is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Matsui frees his head nicely. Oh but Surtic has switched to an armbar! Matsui is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Citrus Surtic!
After the fight, Citrus Surtic 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.