PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edi Zak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zak is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dirt Nasty - 1980. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Imanari
vs
Zak

176 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuo Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edi Zak!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zak shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Imanari manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Imanari keeping moving, preventing Zak from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zak loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Zak wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Imanari's closed guard. He's half up but Imanari has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Imanari pivots and extends the arm, Zak falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Imanari! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kazuo Imanari!
An out of breath Kazuo Imanari thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.