1st ADVANCE PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danger Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragna Kisaragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Takeshi
vs
Kisaragi

190 cm
22
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Carnage Fight Wear

HARDCORE Fighting Brand

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danger Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ragna Kisaragi!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi misses with an uppercut.
Kisaragi works Takeshi's body with a nice hook.
Kisaragi lands with a nice combination. Takeshi backs away looking to recover.
Takeshi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kisaragi looks to throw the jab but Takeshi is out of range.
Kisaragi lands a body shot.
Kisaragi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Takeshi on the side of the head.
Kisaragi fails to land with a series of punches.
Takeshi throws a lazy uppercut

and Kisaragi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Takeshi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kisaragi trying to control from half guard but Takeshi is working away.
Takeshi is trying to control but Kisaragi passes into side control!
Takeshi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi gets to mount! Takeshi was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisaragi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kisaragi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Takeshi looks a forlorn figure.

Takeshi is rocked!
Kisaragi has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Takeshi's face.
Oh Takeshi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kisaragi working Takeshi over with strikes here.
Kisaragi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Takeshi is looking to escape.
Kisaragi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Takeshi looks a forlorn figure.
Takeshi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kisaragi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kisaragi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takeshi?
Takeshi can't escape the position.
Kisaragi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kisaragi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kisaragi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Kisaragi looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kisaragi tries to control but Takeshi wriggling away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kisaragi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Kisaragi.
Kisaragi looking to finish Takeshi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Takeshi!
Kisaragi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kisaragi scoring with strikes but Takeshi is staying in there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kisaragi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kisaragi landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Kisaragi.
Takeshi is working to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Takeshi is breathing heavily.
Kisaragi is landing with some decent strikes but Takeshi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kisaragi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kisaragi looking to control but Takeshi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kisaragi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takeshi?
The referee warns Takeshi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kisaragi lands with some strikes.
Kisaragi landing strikes, looking to finish!

Kisaragi looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kisaragi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kisaragi with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kisaragi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kisaragi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kisaragi controlling the pace for now.

Kisaragi is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Takeshi is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Takeshi flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Kisaragi anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Takeshi and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Kisaragi slips an arm under Takeshi chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Kisaragi has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Kisaragi is squeezing on Takeshi like an anaconda would it's prey. Takeshi fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ragna Kisaragi!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
88%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Montanha Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Nesto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Singh
vs
Nesto

215 cm
22
298 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

208 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Fighting ARTS

Stand Alone Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Montanha Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luka Nesto!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Singh wants to clinch up but Nesto keeps it at a distance.

Singh clinches up with Nesto and pushes him back against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nesto prevents Singh from breaking the clinch.
Singh stalling the fight.
Singh misses with some punches.
Nesto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Singh just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Singh stalling in the clinch but Nesto improves position.
Singh stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Singh fails to land.

Nesto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto is having none of it.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto moves out of range.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto moves out of range.
Nesto shoots in but no luck this time.
Nesto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Montanha Singh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Nesto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh stuffs the takedown.
Nesto is looking to score with low kicks.
Nesto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Nesto takes the fight into the clinch.
Singh lands a shoulder strike.

Singh gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nesto manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nesto has a closed guard, preventing Singh from standing up.

Nesto working for a triangle but Singh defends it easily.
Nesto looks gassed!
Singh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nesto is proving hard to escape from.
Singh is looking to work some ground and pound but Nesto has wrist control.
Singh won't allow Nesto to get back to his feet.
Singh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Singh lands a couple of elbows.
Nesto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nesto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Singh's guard.
Singh is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nesto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Singh decides to stand and escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Nesto.
Nesto is looking to clinch.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto is having none of it.
Nesto scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Singh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Montanha Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nesto closes the distance and clinches.

Singh manages to break the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Singh. No joy for Nesto on that attempt.
A combination from Nesto does no damage.
Singh stuffs the takedown.
Nesto fails with the takedown.
Singh clinches but Nesto breaks the clinch

and Nesto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Singh throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Nesto prevents Singh from getting back to his feet.
Singh wants to sweep but no luck.

Nesto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nesto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Singh trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Singh pushes Nesto off and gets back to his feet.

Singh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nesto, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh trying to stall but Nesto improves his position.
Nesto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Singh smiles and moves away.
Nesto tries for a takedown but Singh sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Singh tries to clinch up.
Singh tries to clinch but Nesto moves away
and Nesto counters with a good low kick that Singh was not able to check.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nesto.
Singh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nesto closes the distance and clinches up with Singh, looking for a takedown. Nesto pushes Singh against the ropes but Singh circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Singh fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nesto sprawls well initially but Singh persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Singh prevents Nesto from improving his position.
Nesto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Singh's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Singh's back!
Singh can't escape the position.
Singh holding both Nesto 's hands and preventing any damage.

Nesto has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Singh is defending well but eventually Nesto manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Singh has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luka Nesto!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
95%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takuya Wada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Crim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Wada
vs
Crim

171 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takuya Wada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomas Crim!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wada tries to clinch up but Crim circles away and keeps his distance.
Crim throws the kick towards the body but Wada avoids it.
Wada throws a head kick that misses.
Wada throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Crim.

Wada moves into the clinch.
Wada is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Wada breaks the clinch.
Wada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Wada moves into the clinch.

Wada has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Crim clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Crim wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crim is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Wada.
Crim looks gassed!
Crim trying to control but not successfully.
Wada controlling from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Wada.
Crim is taking damage to the body and head.
Wada is hanging on to Crim's back as he tries to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wada has good solid back control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crim is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
I would not like to be Crim right now.
Wada is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crim trying to get back to his feet but Wada is in full control for now.
Wada controlling from the back.
Crim tries to roll but Wada sticks to his back.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Wada is hanging on to Crim's back as he tries to escape.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Wada controlling the positon.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Takuya Wada just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Crim looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wada is fending him off so far but Crim persists. Nope, Wada circles away and we're back to standing.

Wada takes the fight into the clinch.
Wada is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Crim wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wada has Crim pushed against the ropes.
Wada tries to land a knee to the head but Crim blocks with his arms.
Crim is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wada is keeping busy.
Crim tries to pull guard but Wada holds him up against the ropes and eventually Crim drops back down to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crim avoiding damage as Wada throws knees to the body.
Wada keeps control of Crim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wada gets underhooks to prevent Crim's takedown attempt.
Takuya Wada has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Crim.
Crim avoiding damage as Wada throws knees to the body.
Crim has had enough of the clinch but Wada keeps him there for the moment.
Wada managing to block the knees to the body from Crim.

Wada lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wada content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Wada stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Wada takes the fight into the clinch.
Wada avoiding damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wada.
Wada holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crim stops a takedown attempt from Wada.

Wada breaks from the clinch.
Wada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Wada drives through and clinches with Crim against the ropes.
Wada trying to stall but Crim improves his position.
Crim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Wada breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Wada has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wada lands a body punch.
Wada tries a knee to the head but Crim blocks it.
Crim is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wada scores a nice knee to the body.
Crim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crim tries for a takedown but Wada manages to get underhooks.
Crim has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wada avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Wada is trying to trip Crim. He has hold of a leg but Crim is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wada persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Crim looking to control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wada prevents Crim from getting back to his feet.
Crim trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crim has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Wada has passed into side control.
Crim is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Wada taking a breather here.
Crim is looking to regain half guard here but Wada keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takuya Wada dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Crim throws the kick towards the body but Wada avoids it.
Takuya Wada is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crim tries to clinch but Wada moves out of range.
Wada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crim swats away the attempt to clinch by Wada.
Wada dodges the punch combination from Crim.
Wada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wada tries to clinch but Crim moves out of range.

Wada closes the distance and clinches.
Wada lands a knee to the body.
Crim tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wada prevents Crim from breaking the clinch.
Wada lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wada drags the fight down to the ground.
Wada has a closed guard, preventing Crim from standing up.

Wada wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wada clinches up with Crim and pushes him back against the ropes.

Crim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wada moves out of range of the body kick.

Crim shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Crim was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wada is looking to escape.
Wada gets back to half guard.
Wada wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crim moves into full mount! Wada won't be happy about that!
Crim thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Crim looking to control but Wada is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wada holds on to Crim as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Wada is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crim is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wada can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wada is looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Crim.
Poor strikes thrown by Crim there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crim controlling the pace for now.
Crim wants to control the pace but Wada is squirming around nicely.
Wada is looking to improve his position but Crim isn't that keen on the idea.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wada is looking to escape.
Wada tries to reverse the position but Crim maintains control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Crim won't let Wada get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Wada bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wada preventing the sweep.
Crim looking to control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crim looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wada puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Crim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Crim wants to control the action here but instead Wada manages to pass to full mount!
Crim is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Wada avoids the attempt from Crim to control.
Crim is trying desperately to improve position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wada controlling from mount.
Crim is looking to improve his position but Wada isn't that keen on the idea.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Crim trying desperately to get to his feet.
Crim tries to lock up and control but Wada gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Crim is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crim wants to control but Wada is having none of it.
Crim really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Takuya Wada overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wada tries to control but Crim wriggling away.
Thomas Crim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crim working to try and regain half guard.
Crim is trying to stand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wada wants to control the pace but Crim is squirming around nicely.
Crim throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wada. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Takuya Wada.
Well Wada has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 20:17
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 19:19
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 20:17

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Takuya Wada!

C
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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
15%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Torbjorn Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Takashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akira Takashi struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The key to victory for Torbjorn Nilsson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Nilsson
vs
Takashi

185 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Torbjorn Nilsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Takashi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsson has a takedown stuffed.
Nilsson fails to land the takedown.

Nilsson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Takashi misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Takashi tries to get to full guard but Nilsson has control of the leg.

Takashi is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Nilsson pulls his head out easily.

Nilsson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Takashi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nilsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Nilsson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Takashi defends it well.

Takashi actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takashi wants to improve his position but Nilsson is controlling well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Nilsson gets the takedown into side control.
Nilsson trying to control the position but Takashi is working away.
Nilsson working the ground and pound from side control.
Nilsson gets to mount! Takashi was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Nilsson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Takashi hang on?

Takashi is rocked!
Nilsson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Takashi is still in real trouble! Can Nilsson finish him?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nilsson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Takashi looks a forlorn figure.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.

Nilsson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Takashi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takashi can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nilsson wants to finish this one by submission but Takashi is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nilsson.
Takashi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nilsson looking to finish Takashi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Takashi!
Nilsson prevents Takashi from getting the reversal.
Nilsson lands a heavy elbow.
Takashi is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Nilsson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Takashi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nilsson with the ground and pound from mount.
Nilsson landing shots from mount.
Nilsson working Takashi over with strikes here.
Nilsson lands a heavy elbow.
Nilsson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Nilsson working for a submission but Takashi is keeping him at bay.

Nilsson is working for a guillotine from mount but Takashi frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nilsson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Takashi is looking to improve his position but Nilsson isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nilsson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nilsson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Takashi tries to reverse the position but Nilsson maintains control.
Takashi taking shots to the head.
Takashi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nilsson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Takashi can't escape the position.
Takashi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson landing strikes from the mount and Takashi is in trouble!
Nilsson lands a heavy elbow.
Takashi is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nilsson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Takashi has left one of his arms exposed and Nilsson doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Takashi screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Torbjorn Nilsson!