PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mahti Masa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Maramot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Maramot struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Randy Maramot will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Masa
vs
Maramot

173 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mahti Masa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Maramot!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Masa clinches.
Masa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Masa successfully pulls guard.
Masa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maramot manages to get himself to full guard.
Masa is looking to work some ground and pound but Maramot has wrist control.
Maramot keeping moving, preventing Masa from controlling successfully.
Masa is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Maramot is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Maramot throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Maramot really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Masa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Masa wants to control from the top but Maramot keeps moving.
Masa looking to pass the guard.
Masa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Masa preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Maramot clinches but Masa breaks the clinch

and Masa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Masa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Masa won't allow Maramot to sweep him here.
Maramot wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Masa is now in half guard.
Masa moves nicely into side control.

Masa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Maramot is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Maramot struggling a bit here.
Maramot stops Masa from passing to mount.
Maramot wants to get back to his feet but Masa drags him back down.
Maramot looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masa scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Maramot to see if he's OK.
Masa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Masa tries to advance to mount but Maramot denies him.
Masa working the ground and pound from side control.
Masa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ground and pound from Masa seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Masa is working Maramot over with some ground and pound from side control.

Maramot bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Maramot tries for a takedown but Masa circles away easily

and Masa counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maramot wants to control but Masa postures up.
Maramot is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maramot manages to get back to half guard.
Masa thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Maramot to regain full guard.
Masa looking to pass the guard.
Maramot doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masa trying to control the position from guard on top but Maramot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Masa landing some decent shots from guard.
Maramot can't keep his opponent in guard - Masa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Masa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Masa is looking to stall here but Maramot recovers full guard.
Maramot thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Masa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maramot keeping moving, preventing Masa from controlling successfully.
Masa postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masa looking to pass the guard.
Masa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Maramot throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Masa drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Maramot dives on top into guard.
Masa wants to sweep but no luck.
Maramot postures up.
Maramot connects with a couple of short punches.
Maramot pushes down on Masa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Masa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Masa is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masa tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Maramot has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Maramot landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahti Masa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Masa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Randy Maramot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Masa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maramot not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Masa cracks Maramot with a solid left hand.
Masa trying to control the position from guard on top but Maramot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Masa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Maramot trying to strike off his back.
Maramot keeping full guard, as Masa tries to pass.
Masa 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Randy Maramot!