PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tsuyoi Kakuto (ranked 2565 p4p, 4693 weight class) and Gavin Squires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kakuto's entrance music is Gorillaz-Dirty Harry. A fine choice. Squires has chosen Dio - Straight through the heart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kakuto
vs
Squires

190 cm
40
204
18 - 8 - 0

184 cm
18
190
1 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Fantasy Threads (Laundry 15%)

Tiger Balls
Seventh Circle Clothing

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tsuyoi Kakuto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gavin Squires!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakuto circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kakuto gets a double leg takedown into Squires's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Kakuto's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Kakuto won't allow Squires to sweep him here.
Kakuto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kakuto slips nicely into half guard.
Kakuto prevents Squires from standing back up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squires gets back to full guard.
Kakuto prevents Squires from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kakuto drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Kakuto as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Squires screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Kakuto! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Tsuyoi Kakuto!
Tsuyoi Kakuto very nearly forgot to thank Fantasy Threads (Laundry 15%) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Gavin Squires spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank you to all the fans & please do check out Tiger Balls (7081) & Seventh Circle Clothing (6898) who have kindly sponsored me.'.