PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ichigo Kurosagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosagi comes to the cage accompanied by Not Afraid. Xavier Jones looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Kurosagi
vs
Jones

195 cm
22
184 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

186 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichigo Kurosagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Jones!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kurosagi feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Kurosagi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kurosagi forces his way into half guard.

Kurosagi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kurosagi passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
Kurosagi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kurosagi working Jones over with strikes here.
Kurosagi 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.
Kurosagi controlling the pace for now.
Kurosagi's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kurosagi controlling from mount.
Kurosagi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kurosagi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kurosagi controlling from mount.
Kurosagi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kurosagi content just to control the position here.

Kurosagi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jones manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kurosagi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kurosagi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kurosagi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Jones's face as Kurosagi controls the position.
Kurosagi lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is letting Kurosagi control him for a moment.
Kurosagi lands a nice forearm strike.

Kurosagi is working to tighten is grip on Jones's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Jones has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Kurosagi is really squeezing tight and eventually Jones passes out! Kurosagi breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ichigo Kurosagi!