PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kurou Nishiyama (ranked 3398 p4p, 3052 weight class) and Patamon Pallaton (ranked 408 p4p, 364 weight class). The key to victory for Kurou Nishiyama has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Nishiyama
vs
Pallaton

183 cm
20
167
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
175
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurou Nishiyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patamon Pallaton!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Nishiyama as Pallaton shoots in.

Pallaton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pallaton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nishiyama taking some punishment here, with Pallaton in his half guard.
Pallaton prevents Nishiyama from standing back up.
Nishiyama is trying to maintain the position but Pallaton is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pallaton winds up and cracks Nishiyama with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pallaton prevents Nishiyama from standing back up.
Nishiyama knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pallaton on the ground.
Pallaton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pallaton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pallaton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pallaton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nishiyama is defending against the submission attempts here by Pallaton.
Nishiyama is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pallaton scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pallaton is nestled in close to Nishiyama, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Pallaton there.

Nishiyama is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pallaton lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Nishiyama is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pallaton lands a big elbow - Nishiyama is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Pallaton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patamon Pallaton!
After winning the bout, Patamon Pallaton thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.