PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Do (ranked 3098 p4p, 4704 weight class) and Suki Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Do
vs
Tanaka

150 cm
18
130
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
130
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Suki Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Do tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tanaka defends well and Do ends up having to push Tanaka into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Do takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tanaka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Do throws a big counter combination but Tanaka scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Do swings widly with a right hand

and Tanaka counters with a takedown into side control.
Tanaka is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tanaka in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Tanaka is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Do knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Do is not content to let Tanaka control the position.
Tanaka remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Do on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Do tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do is looking to regain half guard here but Tanaka keeps moving and retains side control.
Tanaka gets to mount! Do was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Tanaka lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Tanaka working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Do tries to hold on but Tanaka postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tanaka is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Do to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Do shrugs it off.
Tanaka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Do tries to hold on but Tanaka pushes him away.
Tanaka controlling from mount.
Tanaka looking to control but Do is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tanaka controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Do working to try and regain half guard.
Tanaka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tanaka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Do's face.
Do keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Do knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tanaka on the ground.
Tanaka landing strikes from the mount and Do is in trouble!
Tanaka trying to control but Do is having none of it.
BOOM! Tanaka connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanaka working the ground and pound effectively.
Tanaka content just to control the position here.

Do reaches up and pulls Tanaka towards him, trying to control the position. Tanaka manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for Do! Do tries to roll over - now Tanaka is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and Do has to tap out! Great work there by Tanaka!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Suki Tanaka!
John Do was interviewed post fight and said 'Fight harder the next battle for the war has not been won.'.