PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juiced Dilly (ranked 3088 p4p, 18874 weight class) and Nobunaga Tanaka (ranked 314 p4p, 515 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dilly
vs
Tanaka

170 cm
30
156
6 - 3 - 0

170 cm
40
158
25 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juiced Dilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nobunaga Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka scores with a punch to the head.
Juiced Dilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dilly throws a looping overhand right but Tanaka ducks down to avoid it.
Dilly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dilly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tanaka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dilly misses with the combination.
Tanaka tries to counter with a clinch but Dilly shakes him off and moves away.
Tanaka cracks Dilly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tanaka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tanaka scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dilly swings for the body but Tanaka moves out of range.
Tanaka scores with a nice right hand.
Dilly tries to move into range but Tanaka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dilly takes a jab right on the kisser.

Tanaka shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dilly napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Dilly is rocked!

Tanaka is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dilly knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dilly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tanaka on the ground.
Tanaka is working Dilly over with some ground and pound from side control.
Oh Dilly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tanaka is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dilly knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dilly seems to have got his legs back now.

Tanaka tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tanaka has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Tanaka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tanaka tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tanaka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dilly's coaches at Hyperbolic Time Chamber have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Tanaka working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dilly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dilly tries to get out of the position.

Tanaka in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Dilly is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nobunaga Tanaka!
An out of breath Nobunaga Tanaka thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.