PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ren Yamato (ranked 5695 p4p, 4290 weight class) and Lunchbag Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ren Yamato looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Yamato
vs
Rodriguez

218 cm
20
210
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
18
215
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ren Yamato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lunchbag Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yamato feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yamato looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Rodriguez trying to keep a closed guard but Yamato is proving a slippery customer.
Rodriguez wants to sweep but no luck.
Yamato is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Rodriguez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yamato doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yamato manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yamato stays in close to Rodriguez's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yamato is posturing up here but Rodriguez has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Yamato tries to roll out but it's too tight and Yamato has to tap! Slick submission there by Rodriguez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lunchbag Rodriguez!