PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kame Toma (ranked 3180 p4p, 4537 weight class) and Van Lang (ranked 362 p4p, 467 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.

Toma
vs
Lang

187 cm
18
215
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
214
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

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 Rio de Janeiro, Kame Toma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Lang!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toma misses with a takedown
and Lang counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A nice leg kick from Lang, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toma tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Toma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lang.
Lang blocks a head kick by Toma.
Lang tries a quick counter leg kick but Toma is wise to it.

Toma throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lang was covering up waiting for the punch and Toma finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toma wants to stand but Lang is controlling his posture from full guard.
Toma stops Lang from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toma showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Toma thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Toma stops Lang from standing up.
Lang wants to control but Toma passes easily into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lang can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lang is trying to stand.
Lang is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Toma is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Toma throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Toma thows a huge punch but Lang dodges it nicely.
Toma controlling the pace.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lang wants to control but Toma is keeping busy.
Lang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice strikes from Toma there.
Still in half guard, Toma seems content to control.
Toma has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lang tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Toma manages to move to mount!
Toma throws some wild stikes that Lang manages to avoid easily.

Toma has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Lang is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kame Toma!