PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Arlie Ashley (ranked 25153 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blu See (ranked 5197 p4p, 0 weight class). Arlie Ashley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ashley
vs
See

219 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arlie Ashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blu See!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
See misses with a wild combination.

Ashley has See up against the cage in a clinch.
Ashley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but See has him pressed against the cage.

Ashley breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from See.
See throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ashley counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Ashley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

See looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ashley is defending well. See quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ashley has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! See celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blu See!