PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darwin France (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tokyo Drift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think France might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Move. Tokyo Drift told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

France
vs
Drift

185 cm
22
153 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

167 cm
29
148 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

ATTICUS BLACK

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darwin France!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokyo Drift!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drift stuffs the takedown.
Jab by Drift.
Tokyo Drift seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
France keeps the fight on the outside.
France dives in and grabs Drift's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drift pushes down on France's head and hops out.
Drift misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drift looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drift connects with a high kick.

It looks like Darwin France has been cut.
Drift throws a hook but France avoids it easily.

Drift gets caught flat footed, as France shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

France drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and France jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

France drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and France jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
France tries to free his leg and advance position but Drift is retaining full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

France postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Drift is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of France, into his guard.

France working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Drift doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Drift manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

France looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Drift wants to stand but France is controlling his posture from full guard.

France had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drift defends it easily.

France has his foot on Drift's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drift works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

France throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

France looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Drift is sitting in close to France's body. France has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Drift is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Drift is tapping! That was a very nice submission by France.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Darwin France!
After winning the bout, Darwin France thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.