PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Sambrosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamao Serizawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serizawa has chosen Omerta as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Sambrosa
vs
Serizawa

175 cm
22
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Sambrosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tamao Serizawa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sambrosa gets a takedown into half guard.
Serizawa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sambrosa.
Sambrosa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Serizawa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Serizawa trying to control but Sambrosa postures up.

Sambrosa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Serizawa defends it well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sambrosa lands a nice short elbow.

Serizawa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Serizawa wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Serizawa kicks Sambrosa off and gets back to his feet.
Serizawa tries to score with a low kick but Sambrosa moves his leg out of the way.
Serizawa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Sambrosa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Serizawa's guard.

Serizawa pushes Sambrosa off and scrambles back to his feet.
Serizawa wants to land a leg kick but Sambrosa is out of range.

Sambrosa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Serizawa is looking for a sweep. Sambrosa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sambrosa slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sambrosa works his way into side control.
Serizawa looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sambrosa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Serizawa some visible discomfort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serizawa can't do much from the bottom here.
Sambrosa working the ground and pound but Serizawa is defending the strikes.
Sambrosa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Serizawa down.

Sambrosa is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Serizawa looks calm but he's in trouble here. Sambrosa gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Serizawa is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Sambrosa lets go of the hold and Serizawa can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Sambrosa!