PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kid Fireball (ranked 4628 p4p, 4742 weight class) and James Xu (ranked 395 p4p, 399 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.

Fireball
vs
Xu

173 cm
19
165
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
165
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Fireball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Xu!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xu is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Fireball misses.

Xu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xu thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Xu looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Xu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fireball tries to kick Xu off in order to stand up. Xu Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Xu working the ground and pound from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fireball stops Xu from passing to mount.
Fireball is letting Xu control him for a moment.
Xu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fireball knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Xu on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fireball is wriggling around trying to escape but Xu has hooked up a rear naked choke! Is it over??? Is it... you're damn right it is! Fireball taps out and Xu picks up the big win! Great work there by Xu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). James Xu!
After winning the bout, James Xu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.