PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yasunobu Kashiwabara (ranked 5021 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Dos Santos (ranked 4924 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo Dos Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kashiwabara
vs
Dos Santos

174 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yasunobu Kashiwabara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kashiwabara scores with a jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Kashiwabara circles away.
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Rodrigo Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Kashiwabara moves out of range.
Kashiwabara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses

and Kashiwabara counters by clinching up.
Dos Santos looking for a takedown.

Kashiwabara jumps into guard, dragging Dos Santos to the mat.
Kashiwabara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kashiwabara is pulling down on Dos Santos's head. It's preventing any offense from Dos Santos, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kashiwabara tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kashiwabara swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kashiwabara is pulling down on Dos Santos's head to control his posture.
Kashiwabara tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kashiwabara utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kashiwabara shoots for a takedown but Dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A head kick misses from Kashiwabara.

Kashiwabara moves into range and clinches up with Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.

Kashiwabara pulls guard successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kashiwabara has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Kashiwabara keeps moving.

Kashiwabara looking for a triangle here. Dos Santos is fighting it but it looks tight! Kashiwabara pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Dos Santos is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Yasunobu Kashiwabara!