PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gar Diu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Starting Over. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diu
vs
Makunouchi

188 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gar Diu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ippo Makunouchi !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makunouchi misses with a hook. Diu ducked under it nicely.
Diu fails with a takedown attempt.
Makunouchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diu on the side of the head.
Makunouchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Diu.

Diu pushes Makunouchi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diu tries to score a body lock takedown but Makunouchi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Diu gets control of Makunouchi 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diu will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Diu trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gar Diu!