PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nova krte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durham kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You've got the dirtee love.. James Durham looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Durham
vs
krte

190 cm
22
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
202 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Grappling Pro Gear
Fiat NOX

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Durham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nova krte!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
krte throws a series of punches but Durham avoids them all with ease.
krte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
krte misses with a head kick.
Durham avoids the head kick by krte.

Durham looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
krte is trying to stand.
Durham slows the pace down in half guard.
Durham has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Durham working over krte with some ground and pound. krte looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Durham working krte over with strikes.
Durham takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Durham works his way into full mount!
krte swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durham blocks krte's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Durham is working for a guillotine from mount but krte frees his head quite easily.

Durham is going oldschool here, as he tries to force krte to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so krte shrugs it off.
Durham is breathing heavily.
krte really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Durham is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Durham with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
krte really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
krte is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durham with a couple of short strikes.
Durham controlling his opponent.
Durham lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Durham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Durham wants to finish this one by submission but krte is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Durham.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
krte wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
krte is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
krte really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Durham. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Durham landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durham with a couple of short strikes.
Durham controlling from mount.
Durham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Durham has isolated one of krte's arms. krte looking to fight him off but Durham twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Durham!