PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kota Ibushi (ranked 5004 p4p, 4636 weight class) and Shigatsu Miyamoto (ranked 434 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyamoto has chosen 82.99 FM as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ibushi
vs
Miyamoto

170 cm
19
145
0 - 1 - 0

166 cm
24
141
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kota Ibushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shigatsu Miyamoto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyamoto misses with a wild combination.

Miyamoto feints and as Ibushi raises his hands in defense, Miyamoto changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Miyamoto chips away with some ground and pound.
Miyamoto won't allow Ibushi to get back to his feet.
Miyamoto controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Miyamoto might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Miyamoto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Miyamoto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miyamoto content to stall in guard here.
Ibushi wants to stand and escape but Miyamoto is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyamoto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miyamoto stops Ibushi from standing up.

Ibushi is trying to stand and escape. In the scramble, Miyamoto has locked hold of an arm and he's managed to lock on an armbar - Ibushi taps out instantly and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shigatsu Miyamoto!
Shigatsu Miyamoto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.