PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fanaki Fukawa (ranked 25407 p4p, 6564 weight class) and Zachary Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fukawa
vs
Crawford

168 cm
22
135
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
135
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fanaki Fukawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zachary Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Crawford looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fukawa is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Crawford dives into side control.

Fukawa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fukawa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crawford on the ground.
Crawford cracks Fukawa with a big elbow.
Fukawa being controlled for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fukawa is looking to get back to his feet here but Crawford is keeping cool and he's managed to take Fukawa's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford punches Fukawa on the ear.
Crawford softening up his opponent with strikes here.

Crawford is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Fukawa won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Crawford off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Zachary Crawford!