PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimny Stallion (ranked 4957 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Mathews (ranked 4895 p4p, 495 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Stallion
vs
Mathews

167 cm
24
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimny Stallion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Mathews!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathews fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stallion looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Mathews clinches with his opponent.
Stallion throws a punch but it's blocked by Mathews.
Mathews fails to pull guard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mathews.
Mathews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Mathews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stallion jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stallion fails with the takedown

and Mathews counters by moving into the clinch.
Mathews blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stallion tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stallion working aggressively here.
Stallion avoids the elbow strike from Mathews, against the cage.
Mathews is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mathews lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mathews jumps guard.
Mathews controlling Stallion's posture.
Mathews is trying to control the position but Stallion postures up.

Stallion drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Stallion seems to have locked his on tight now - Mathews screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Stallion, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jimny Stallion!