PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Molton (ranked 5441 p4p, 5537 weight class) and Masahide Tsunemura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Molton comes to the cage accompanied by Faneto. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Molton
vs
Tsunemura

165 cm
23
160
2 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
157
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mickey Molton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Masahide Tsunemura!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molton has a takedown stuffed.

Molton has taken the fight to the clinch.

Molton decides to pull guard.
Molton has Tsunemura pulled in close to control his posture.
Molton is trying to control the position but Tsunemura postures up.
Molton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Molton keeping moving, preventing Tsunemura from controlling successfully.
Molton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tsunemura is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsunemura must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Molton isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tsunemura stacks Molton 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 Tsunemura!
Molton struggling a bit here.
Molton striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Molton is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tsunemura off and has taken his back!
Molton biding his time, controlling Tsunemura.

Molton is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Molton is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Tsunemura has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Molton is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Molton scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Molton working for a choke but Tsunemura is defending well.
Molton somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsunemura takes a big shot to the side of the head.

Molton is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Tsunemura defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Molton punches Tsunemura on the ear.
Molton is looking to control Tsunemura but Tsunemura is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Tsunemura trying to get back to his feet but Molton is in full control for now.

Molton is looking for a rear naked choke here but Tsunemura reverses the position brilliantly into Molton's guard!

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Molton looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tsunemura passes into side control.
Molton gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Molton is pressing down on Tsunemura's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Molton thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tsunemura has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Molton to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Tsunemura is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Molton pulls down on the head and he's put Tsunemura to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mickey Molton!
Mickey Molton spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.