PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yamcha Susanoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and shano dizi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamcha Susanoo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Susanoo
vs
dizi

190 cm
22
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yamcha Susanoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, shano dizi!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susanoo stuns dizi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Susanoo misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Susanoo jumps guard but dizi stands there with Susanoo around his waist. Susanoo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
dizi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Susanoo looking to throw knees to the head but dizi is blocking nicely.
dizi blocking some punches.

dizi breaks the clinch.
dizi misses with a hook. Susanoo ducked under it nicely.
Susanoo misses with a left hand
and dizi counters with a left and a right that stings Susanoo.

Susanoo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. dizi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
An elbow from Susanoo crashes against the mat.
Susanoo looks up at the clock and then as dizi takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Susanoo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
You can see the frustration on dizi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Susanoo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by dizi, who protects the arm well.
Susanoo wants to lay and pray for a moment but dizi keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Susanoo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dizi is looking for a sweep.

Susanoo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. dizi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
dizi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
dizi is refusing to be controlled, as Susanoo sits in half guard.
dizi is looking to control Susanoo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can dizi avoid being mounted?
dizi tries to roll over but Susanoo keeps him under control.
dizi is trying to stand up here but Susanoo is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Susanoo tries to pass the half guard into mount. dizi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Susanoo trying to control the action but dizi is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Susanoo throws a shot from downtown. dizi moves away and avoids it.
dizi fails with the takedown
and Susanoo counters with a straight right hand.

dizi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Susanoo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Susanoo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Susanoo is breathing heavily.
dizi looking to control.
Susanoo passes dizi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
dizi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dizi looking to control.
dizi keeping full guard, as Susanoo tries to pass.
Susanoois looking to pass into half guard but dizi pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now dizi is in guard.
dizi preventing the sweep.
Susanoo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
dizi trying to control but Susanoo is working from the bottom.
dizi distracts Susanoo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
dizi shoots in but no luck this time.
Susanoo misses with a two punch combination.
Susanoo lands a right hook to the body.
dizi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four 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.
Susanoo throws a hook to the side of dizi's head but dizi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
dizi tries to clinch up but Susanoo circles away and keeps his distance.

Susanoo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
dizi gets full guard.
Susanoo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Susanoo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Susanoo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by dizi, who protects the arm well.
dizi regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dizi lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
dizi lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dizi is trying to get back to full guard.
Susanoo stops dizi from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yamcha Susanoo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

dizi shoots in but no luck this time.

dizi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

dizi looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Susanoo tries to reverse the position but dizi maintains control.
Susanoo wants to hold on but dizi pushes him away.
dizi punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Yamcha Susanoo has been cut.
Susanoo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, dizi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Susanoo is rocked!

Susanoo is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. dizi locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Susanoo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). shano dizi!