PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wulfen Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thor
vs
Willis

198 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Wulfen Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Willis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thor sprawls well. Thor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Willis gets slowly back to his feet.
Willis closes the distance and clinches up with Thor, looking for a takedown. Willis pushes Thor against the cage but Thor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Willis.
Wulfen Thor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Willis.
Thor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Willis.

Thor has taken the fight to the clinch.
Willis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thor is defending well.

Willis tightens his grip and picks Thor up, before dumping him to the ground. Thor manages to land in guard.
Thor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Willis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Thor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thor slips a nice elbow through Willis's hands, connecting with Willis's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor working Willis over with strikes.

Thor seems to be working for a kimura but Willis defends the submission attempt.
Thor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Willis tries to get to full guard but Thor has control of the leg.
Willis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thor.
Thor trying to control the action but Willis is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thor thows a huge punch but Willis dodges it nicely.
Thor is just content to waste time from the top position. Willis takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Willis keeping moving, preventing Thor from controlling successfully.
Thor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Willis looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Thor is defending well. Willis quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Thor has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Willis celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steve Willis!