PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wei Cheng (ranked 3432 p4p, 3272 weight class) and Knuckle Sandwhich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Cheng
vs
Sandwhich

184 cm
26
192
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
190
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wei Cheng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knuckle Sandwhich!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheng tries to clinch but Sandwhich is having none of it.

Sandwhich has Cheng up against the cage in a clinch.
Sandwhich misses with the head strike.
Sandwhich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cheng misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Cheng decides to pull guard.

Cheng escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sandwhich gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sandwhich trying to control but Cheng is working from the bottom.

Cheng has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Sandwhich should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Cheng has tightened it up now! Sandwhich should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Wei Cheng!
Wei Cheng spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.