PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kijiro Kazasuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Destroyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kazasuki
vs
Destroyer

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kijiro Kazasuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Destroyer!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazasuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Destroyer circles away.
Kazasuki tries to clinch there but Destroyer circles away.
Kazasuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Destroyer as he avoids it easily.
Kazasuki shoots in and drives through. Destroyer sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kijiro Kazasuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Destroyer scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazasuki is breathing heavily.
Destroyer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Destroyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kazasuki tries to hold on but Destroyer postures up.
Destroyer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kazasuki can't escape the position.
Destroyer content just to control the position here.
Destroyer cracks Kazasuki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Destroyer avoids the attempt from Kazasuki to control.
Destroyer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer lands a nice shot to the head.
Destroyer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Destroyer jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kazasuki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Destroyer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kazasuki will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Destroyer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kazasuki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kazasuki is looking for a sweep.

Destroyer tries for a kimura but Kazasuki is defending well.
Kazasuki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Destroyer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Destroyer cracks Kazasuki with a big right hand but Kazasuki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kazasuki is looking to regain half guard here but Destroyer keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kazasuki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Destroyer counters with an inside leg kick.
Kazasuki tries for a takedown but Destroyer circles away easily

and Destroyer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Destroyer.

Kazasuki looking for a triangle here. Destroyer is fighting it but it looks tight! Kazasuki pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Destroyer is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Kijiro Kazasuki!