PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Gudmundsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenshin Say (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gudmundsen
vs
Say

186 cm
21
246 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thor Gudmundsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenshin Say!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gudmundsen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Say scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Say controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Say is looking to take a break and control but Gudmundsen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gudmundsen is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Say jumps into side control!
Gudmundsen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Say trying to control the action but Gudmundsen is working from the bottom.
Say in side control, throwing shots but Gudmundsen defends.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Gudmundsen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Say wants to control but Gudmundsen is keeping him busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gudmundsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Gudmundsen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gudmundsen feints and then cracks Say's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Say down.
Say looks gassed!
Gudmundsen circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Say drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Gudmundsen follows Say to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Gudmundsen!