PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Morimoto (ranked 4380 p4p, 4220 weight class) and Chico Bravo (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.

Morimoto
vs
Bravo

186 cm
23
205
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
195
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Sakura Style

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takashi Morimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chico Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bravo tries to sprawl but Morimoto drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Morimoto drops an elbow to the side of Bravo's head.
Bravo wants to control but Morimoto is keeping busy.
Morimoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morimoto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morimoto trying to control the pace.
Morimoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morimoto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morimoto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morimoto working the head and body with strikes.

Bravo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morimoto is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Bravo is hurt! He's hurt bad - Morimoto fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Bravo from any more punishment! Congratulations to Morimoto! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takashi Morimoto!