PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Hall (ranked 302 p4p, 983 weight class) and Shinichiro Tomonaga (ranked 15 p4p, 54 weight class). Hall comes into the arena with Andy Shauf: The Magician blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Robbie Hall has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Robbie Hall seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hall
vs
Tomonaga

165 cm
29
148
17 - 4 - 0

166 cm
29
145
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbie Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shinichiro Tomonaga!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Tomonaga will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hall appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall with a poor takedown
and Tomonaga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomonaga throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hall counters with a takedown into side control.
Hall in side control, throwing shots but Tomonaga defends.
Hall working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Hall crashes against the mat.
Hall tries to move to mount but Tomonaga blocks the move with his legs.
Tomonaga tries to escape but Hall is in control.
Hall in side control, throwing shots but Tomonaga defends.
Hall in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tomonaga parries the strikes from Hall easily there. Hall is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tomonaga to escape.
Hall tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomonaga is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hall asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tomonaga defending against the ground and pound.
Hall scores with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tomonaga, who protects the arm well.
Tomonaga is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hall connects with a decent elbow.

Hall is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Tomonaga looks calm but he's in trouble here. Hall gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Tomonaga is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Hall lets go of the hold and Tomonaga can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Robbie Hall!
Robbie Hall spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.