PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Orbiso (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.

Blaze
vs
Orbiso

180 cm
31
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

193 cm
27
207 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurt Orbiso!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Orbiso looking to score a takedown here. Blaze is defending well but Orbiso drives through and ends up in Blaze's guard.
Orbiso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Orbiso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaze working a defensive guard here.
Orbiso sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blaze's guard.
Blaze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Orbiso controlling the action here.
Orbiso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orbiso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blaze's head.
Orbiso looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Blaze is looking to improve his position.
Orbiso lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Orbiso lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orbiso perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Blaze wants to improve his position but Orbiso is controlling well.
Orbiso takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Blaze wants to improve his position but Orbiso is controlling well.
Orbiso thows a huge punch but Blaze dodges it nicely.
Still in half guard, Orbiso seems content to control.
Orbiso throwing shots but Blaze is blocking nicely.
Blaze is trying to maintain the position but Orbiso is very close to passing his half guard.
Blaze is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Orbiso is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Orbiso keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No joy there for Orbiso, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Orbiso shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Orbiso lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orbiso sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blaze's guard.
Blaze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Orbiso on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Orbiso lands a nice short elbow.

Orbiso maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Blaze could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Orbiso has cracked it and Blaze is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Orbiso!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kurt Orbiso!
After winning the bout, Kurt Orbiso thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.