PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hall (ranked 4330 p4p, 4947 weight class) and Kazuo Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ryan Hall has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ryan Hall seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hall
vs
Imanari

184 cm
25
137
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazuo Imanari!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Imanari tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Imanari taking a breather.

Hall manages to break the clinch.

Hall looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hall is stalling in the full guard.
Hall wants to stand but Imanari is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Imanari pushes a forearm under Hall's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Hall is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kazuo Imanari!
After the fight, Kazuo Imanari was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.