PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanjuro Kuwabatake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dion Zetlitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Zetlitz's choice of entrance music: Bertine Zetlitz - Fate. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kuwabatake
vs
Zetlitz

199 cm
21
225 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sanjuro Kuwabatake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dion Zetlitz!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuwabatake cracks Zetlitz with an open hand slap.
Kuwabatake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zetlitz. That did some damage!

Kuwabatake cracks Zetlitz with an uppercut from hell and Zetlitz crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Kuwabatake's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Zetlitz is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuwabatake controlling from the top position.
Zetlitz keeping full guard, as Kuwabatake tries to pass.
Kuwabatake is working hard here to advance position.
Zetlitz is looking to stand up but Kuwabatake isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuwabatake in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zetlitz is looking to stand up but Kuwabatake isn't so interested in that idea.
Kuwabatake slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Zetlitz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kuwabatake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Kuwabatake has an Americana. Zetlitz didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Kuwabatake is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Kuwabatake hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sanjuro Kuwabatake!