PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seigi Satomi (ranked 4454 p4p, 3046 weight class) and Greg Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Satomi
vs
Jackson

180 cm
21
178
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seigi Satomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Jackson !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Satomi tries to keep at a distance but Jackson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.

Satomi successfully pulls guard.
Jackson passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Jackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Satomi can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson working the body and head with strikes.

Jackson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Satomi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jackson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Satomi tries to bench press Jackson off him but Jackson keeps the position.
Satomi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jackson on the ground.

Jackson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Satomi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Satomi is not content to let Jackson control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Jackson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.

Jackson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Satomi stops Jackson from passing to mount.
Satomi trying his best to control but Jackson has mounted him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jackson with the ground and pound from mount.
Satomi throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson . What's that going to do exactly?
Jackson looking to control but Satomi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Jackson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Satomi is surviving well by controlling Jackson 's body position as best he can.
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Satomi is squirming around, avoiding Jackson 's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satomi can't escape the position.
Satomi looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Jackson looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Satomi taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Greg Jackson !