PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shant Rim (ranked 4570 p4p, 5018 weight class) and Milton Goodman (ranked 261 p4p, 275 weight class). Milton Goodman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rim
vs
Goodman

176 cm
22
135
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
19
135
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shant Rim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milton Goodman!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goodman.
Rim appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Goodman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rim.
Goodman throws a shot to the body.
Goodman throws a poor cross that misses
and Rim counters with a two punch combo.

Rim sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Goodman to the ground! Rim dives into full mount looking to finish!

Goodman is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rim lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Goodman is still in real trouble! Can Rim finish him?
Rim looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Goodman covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shant Rim!