PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chase Mizoguchi (ranked 4600 p4p, 4416 weight class) and Arjun Bhate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mizoguchi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Domestic . Arjun Bhate will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mizoguchi
vs
Bhate

167 cm
18
130
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chase Mizoguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arjun Bhate!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mizoguchi wants to land a leg kick but Bhate is out of range.
Mizoguchi sets himself, and Bhate steps forward looking for the clinch! Mizoguchi avoids it this time.
Bhate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mizoguchi connects with a leg kick.
Bhate throws a lazy body kick

and Mizoguchi counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bhate!
Bhate sneaks back into half guard.

Bhate actively working from the bottom here.

Bhate has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Mizoguchi. Oh but Bhate has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Mizoguchi goes limp - he's gone! Bhate jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Arjun Bhate!
A very excited looking Arjun Bhate made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.