PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isamu Katsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Eash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsuki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War by Sick Puppies. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Katsuki
vs
Eash

179 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isamu Katsuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Eash!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Eash slams his shin into Katsuki's torso.
Katsuki tries to clinch but Eash is having none of it.
Eash shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Katsuki as he avoids it easily.
Katsuki takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Isamu Katsuki has been cut.

Eash closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Katsuki did well to prevent Eash getting side control.
Katsuki tries to kick Eash off but Eash keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Eash wants to lay and pray for a moment but Katsuki keeps working.

Eash looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Eash is keen to just control but Katsuki is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsuki is trying to stand back up but Eash is controlling him
Katsuki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Eash.
Eash is stalling here. Katsuki is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Eash seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Katsuki has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Eash wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Katsuki seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Eash is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Isamu Katsuki!