PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piston Toyota (ranked 6157 p4p, 3826 weight class) and Satoru Gojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satoru Gojo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Toyota
vs
Gojo

190 cm
24
205
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piston Toyota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoru Gojo!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gojo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gojo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Toyota that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Gojo working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Toyota looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Gojo! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Satoru Gojo!
During a confident post fight interview, Satoru Gojo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.