PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryuzaki Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and el santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that el santos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kimura
vs
santos

173 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryuzaki Kimura!
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, el santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura shoots for a double leg takedown but santos sprawls well. He's pushed Kimura's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

santos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than santos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
santos looking to control but Kimura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
santos unloads with some shots from mount but Kimura bucks and avoids them well.
santos can't control as he wanted to and Kimura manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Kimura avoiding damage under a succession of punches from santos.
santos wants to pass the guard but Kimura is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kimura is trying to stand up here but santos is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
santos trying to mount his opponent but Kimura defends it.
santos slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kimura misses with a takedown
and santos counters with a big head kick but Kimura shrugs it off.
No joy there for santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
santos is looking to clinch.
santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kimura misses with a takedown attempt

so santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryuzaki Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura keeping moving, preventing santos from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kimura wants to stand and escape but santos is having none of it.
santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kimura is keeping the position for now.
santos trying to control but Kimura is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
santos wants to stand but Kimura is controlling his posture from full guard.
santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
santos misses with a takedown

and Kimura counters with a shoot takedown. santos fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
santos trying to control the position.
santos wants to sweep here but Kimura controlling him for the moment.
Kimura keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of santos's head.
Kimura slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kimura passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kimura working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but el santos will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

santos scores with a punch to the head.
Kimura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
santos doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kimura counters with a takedown into side control.
santos is trying to buck Kimura off.
santos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kimura landing strikes.
Kimura working the head with strikes.
santos wants to control but Kimura postures up.
santos tries to bench press Kimura off him but Kimura keeps the position.
santos is breathing heavily.
santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kimura keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura is looking to take a break and control but santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kimura lands strikes from half guard.
Kimura moves into full mount! santos won't be happy about that!
Kimura cracks santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
santos is squirming around, avoiding Kimura's attempts to control the action.
Kimura fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kimura working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. santos turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Kimura off and cradles santos's limp body as Kimura celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Ryuzaki Kimura!