PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jimmy eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taro Vakan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

eriksson
vs
Vakan

175 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 Hilo, jimmy eriksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Taro Vakan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vakan misses with a leg kick.
eriksson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vakan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but eriksson circles away quickly and effectively.
eriksson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vakan's sensitive parts.
Vakan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

eriksson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Vakan looks gassed!

eriksson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vakan has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vakan trying to remain calm as eriksson controls from the top position.

eriksson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Vakan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and eriksson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Vakan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with eriksson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
eriksson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vakan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Vakan looking to control but eriksson passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
eriksson slows the pace down in half guard.
Vakan is trying to maintain the position but eriksson is very close to passing his half guard.
eriksson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
eriksson'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 two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

eriksson in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Vakan tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from eriksson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). jimmy eriksson!