PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lonny Acosta (ranked 23484 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nacho Libre (ranked 4541 p4p, 456 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Acosta
vs
Libre

209 cm
26
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lonny Acosta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nacho Libre!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Libre instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Libre.
Acosta looking to stall.
Libre lands with a short shot to the head.
Libre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Acosta stalling against the cage.
Acosta is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Libre is defending well.
Libre looking to throw knees to the head but Acosta is blocking nicely.
Libre is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Acosta is keeping busy.
Libre trying to stall but Acosta improves his position.
Libre slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Libre gets underhooks to prevent Acosta's takedown attempt.
Acosta is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Libre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lonny Acosta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Libre working Acosta over with knees to the body.
Libre lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lonny Acosta has been cut.
Acosta prevents a body shot from Libre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Libre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Acosta is looking to take this one to the mat.
Acosta is breathing heavily.
Libre lands a knee to the body.
Libre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Acosta.

Libre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Libre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Acosta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Libre 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.
Libre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Acosta will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Acosta keeping moving, preventing Libre from controlling successfully.
Libre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Libre wants to control from the top but Acosta keeps moving.
Libre throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Libre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Libre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

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

Acosta isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Libre stacks Acosta on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Libre!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Acosta pushes Libre away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Libre gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Libre throws a strike aimed at the side of Acosta's head but Acosta avoids it well.

Libre tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Libre has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Acosta is pushing Libre's head away, looking to escape. Libre manages to hold on to the position though.
Libre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Acosta is pushing Libre's head away, looking to escape. Libre manages to hold on to the position though.
Acosta avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Libre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Libre looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Acosta is trying to buck Libre off.
Libre working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Libre throws an elbow but Acosta slips to the side and avoids it well.
Acosta manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Acosta winds up and cracks Libre with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Libre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Acosta scores with a couple of nice shots.
Libre is trying to stand back up but Acosta is controlling him
Acosta working the head and body with strikes.
Acosta working over Libre with some ground and pound. Libre looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Acosta is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acosta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Acosta really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Acosta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Acosta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Acosta working Libre over with strikes.
Libre is trying to stand.
Acosta thows a huge punch but Libre dodges it nicely.
Acosta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nacho Libre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lonny Acosta's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Libre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Acosta is looking to escape.
Acosta wants to improve his position but Libre is controlling well.
Libre content to control rather than advance.
Acosta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Libre.
Acosta pushes Libre off looking to stand but Libre dives back in and keeps control.

Acosta actively working from the bottom here.
Libre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Libre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Libre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Acosta's head.

Acosta actively working from the bottom here.
Libre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Acosta does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Acosta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Acosta punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acosta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Libre.
Acosta manages to get to full guard.
Acosta keeping moving, preventing Libre from controlling successfully.

Acosta is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Libre defends well.
Libre throwing strikes but missing.

Acosta throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Libre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Libre wants to control from the top but Acosta keeps moving.
Libre stops Acosta from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Acosta doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Acosta working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Libre doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Libre manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Libre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Libre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Acosta is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Libre rolls with it to try and escape but Acosta cranks on the arm and Libre is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lonny Acosta!