PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryota Iwamura (ranked 5014 p4p, 516 weight class) and Francesco Lo Bianco (ranked 2812 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Iwamura
vs
Lo Bianco

184 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryota Iwamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Francesco Lo Bianco!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Iwamura.

Lo Bianco tries to sprawl but Iwamura drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Lo Bianco tries to get to full guard but Iwamura has control of the leg.
Lo Bianco gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lo Bianco is on top in guard.

Lo Bianco keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Iwamura's head.
Lo Bianco is in close to Iwamura's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lo Bianco chips away with some ground and pound.
Lo Bianco chips away with some ground and pound.
Iwamura is trying to control the position but Lo Bianco postures up.
Lo Bianco is working Iwamura over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Iwamura is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lo Bianco defends well.
Iwamura is breathing heavily.
Lo Bianco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lo Bianco sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Iwamura's guard.
Iwamura has hold of Lo Bianco's hands but Lo Bianco slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
I've been told that Lo Bianco has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Lo Bianco works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo Bianco lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lo Bianco working Iwamura over with strikes here.

Iwamura is rocked!
Lo Bianco loads up with a big shot that hurts Iwamura! He's pulled Lo Bianco in close but Lo Bianco has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Iwamura survive? More strikes from Lo Bianco and Iwamura is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Francesco Lo Bianco!