QFC Tournament 1159 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Morissette (ranked 4081 p4p, 4150 weight class) and Toshi Takahashi (ranked 174 p4p, 223 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.

Morissette
vs
Takahashi

175 cm
24
144
3 - 0 - 0

167 cm
24
146
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastien Morissette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Toshi Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi scores with a hook.
Morissette throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Takahashi's waist but Takahashi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morissette off to one side.

Takahashi scores with a takedown into Morissette's guard.

Morissette looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Takahashi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morissette is keeping the position for now.

Morissette isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Takahashi stacks Morissette on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Takahashi!
Takahashi is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Morissette's shoulder. That is not cool.

Morissette is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Takahashi's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Takahashi! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Morissette has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Toshi Takahashi!
Toshi Takahashi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.