PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshimitsu Kunimitsu (ranked 4575 p4p, 24991 weight class) and Arcadius Custard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunimitsu 's entrance music is Kickboxer Soundtrack. A fine choice. Custard has chosen Kalax - Shibuya Lights as his entrance music. Arcadius Custard is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kunimitsu
vs
Custard

185 cm
25
206
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
19
210
0 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yoshimitsu Kunimitsu !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arcadius Custard!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kunimitsu shoots in and gets a takedown into Custard's guard.
Kunimitsu scoring with some ground and pound.
Custard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kunimitsu 's guard.

Kunimitsu wants to sweep here but Custard controlling him for the moment.
Kunimitsu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kunimitsu controlling the position.
Kunimitsu looking for a sweep. Not yet Kunimitsu , not yet.
Custard looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Custard preventing the sweep.

Kunimitsu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Custard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunimitsu throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kunimitsu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Custard is one step ahead there.
Custard slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kunimitsu is controlling Custard's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Custard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kunimitsu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Custard on the ground.
Kunimitsu is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kunimitsu wants to sweep but Custard has passed to side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Custard trying to control the position but Kunimitsu is working away.
Kunimitsu is looking for a sweep.
Kunimitsu is working hard here to advance position.
Kunimitsu struggling a bit here.
Kunimitsu is looking to reverse the position.
Kunimitsu tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Kunimitsu tries to reverse the position but Custard maintains control.
Custard throwing strikes here but Kunimitsu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custard unloads with some shots from mount but Kunimitsu bucks and avoids them well.
Custard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kunimitsu is looking to escape.
Kunimitsu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kunimitsu wants to control but Custard is having none of it.

Custard is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kunimitsu can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Kunimitsu tries to buck Custard off but Custard takes his back!
Kunimitsu is trying to get back to his feet but Custard has full control of the position and if anything, Kunimitsu has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kunimitsu is trapped and Custard is scoring with shots to the head and body.

Custard is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Kunimitsu taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Custard.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arcadius Custard!
Post fight, Arcadius Custard took to the microphone: 'Big thanks for my family, friends and fans for all the support they give me. Respect for my opponent for the good fight. See you all soon!'.