PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kyoji Horiguchi (ranked 2676 p4p, 4355 weight class) and David Smith (ranked 180 p4p, 259 weight class). Smith has chosen Purge announcement as his entrance music. Kyoji Horiguchi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Horiguchi
vs
Smith

165 cm
24
140
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
130
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

30th Century Beer Store

Warrior Nutrition
Tap Out

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyoji Horiguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Horiguchi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Well,Horiguchi is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss

and Horiguchi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Horiguchi.
Smith can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Horiguchi controls the pace.

Horiguchi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Horiguchi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Horiguchi forces his way into half guard.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horiguchi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Horiguchi stops Smith from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horiguchi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Horiguchi working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Horiguchi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Horiguchi content just to control the position here.
Horiguchi landing strikes, looking to finish!

Horiguchi is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Horiguchi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kyoji Horiguchi!