PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan a (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryosuke Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). a comes to the cage accompanied by An extremely loud farting noise. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ryosuke Takahashi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

a
vs
Takahashi

182 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan a!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryosuke Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi thows a body shot but no joy.
a tries to close the distance and clinch but Takahashi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takahashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

a moves into the clinch.
a just leaning against Takahashi, taking a breather.

Takahashi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics a uses from the top position.

Takahashi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. a gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Takahashi is trying to keep a in close.
a passes easily into side control. Nice work.
a moves into full mount!
a fails to move to back control.
a with shots to the head and body - Takahashi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Takahashi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Takahashi wants to improve his position but a is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi is trying to maintain the position but a is very close to passing his half guard.

Takahashi actively working from the bottom here.
a sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Takahashi defending well though.
a thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Takahashi's head.
a tries to pass to full mount but Takahashi defends it.
Takahashi trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but a manages to pass to mount!
a can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Takahashi is looking to escape.
Takahashi can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
a controlling from mount.
Takahashi is bucking up trying to escape but a cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
a has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Takahashi working to try and regain half guard.
Takahashi looks gassed!
Takahashi wants to hold on but a pushes him away.

a is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Takahashi is surviving well by controlling a's body position as best he can.
Takahashi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
a scoring with strikes but Takahashi is staying in there.
a cracks Takahashi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
a wants to control the pace but Takahashi is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
a lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Takahashi hang on?
Takahashi tries to hold on but a postures up.
Takahashi taking shots to the head.
Takahashi tries to lock up and control but a gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
a working Takahashi over with strikes here.
Takahashi is in all sorts of trouble here.

a has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Takahashi is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan a!