PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kage Chiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chopper Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chiba
vs
Reid

180 cm
25
135 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

225 cm
29
144 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kage Chiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chopper Reid!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chiba misses with a takedown
and Reid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chiba gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Reid misses the target.
Chiba doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Reid counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reid. Chiba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chiba circles away quickly and effectively.

Chiba shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Reid is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Chiba jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Reid manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Chiba working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Chiba tries for a kimura but Reid is defending well.

Chiba is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Reid looks calm but he's in trouble here. Chiba gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Reid is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Chiba lets go of the hold and Reid can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kage Chiba!