PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Fury (ranked 4379 p4p, 4258 weight class) and Jin Kimura (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.

Fury
vs
Kimura

199 cm
23
211
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fury rushes Kimura and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Kimura jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fury controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fury knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kimura on the ground.
Fury scoring with some ground and pound.
Kimura working a defensive guard here.

Fury stands and steps away. Kimura gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kimura stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kimura wants it to stay on the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kimura is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Fury scores with a nice short uppercut.

Fury lands a takedown into guard.
Fury is looking to stand up but Kimura won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury stays in close to Kimura's body and controls the position.

Kimura escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fury gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kimura doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Fury got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kimura has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fury has managed to get both his arms back between Kimura's legs - danger averted.

Fury looking to improve position, pressing down on Kimura's thigh with his hand. Kimura seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Fury paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Fury's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Kimura picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jin Kimura!