PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Saku Thirtynine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Inoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thirtynine comes to the ring accompanied by Speed 2 Remix by Tetsuya Komura . The key to victory for Saku Thirtynine has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Thirtynine
vs
Inoki

178 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saku Thirtynine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Inoki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoki is looking to chop away at Thirtynine's legs.

Inoki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thirtynine!
Thirtynine taking shots to the head.
Thirtynine is in all sorts of trouble here.
Thirtynine is trying to stand.
Thirtynine is in all sorts of trouble here.
Thirtynine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Inoki cracks Thirtynine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thirtynine squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Thirtynine really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Inoki cracks Thirtynine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thirtynine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Thirtynine is breathing heavily.
Thirtynine keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Inoki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Inoki connects with a nice short shot to Thirtynine's temple.
Inoki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Inoki is thwarting Thirtynine's attempts to control the position.
Inoki working Thirtynine over with strikes.
Thirtynine is looking to improve his position.
Thirtynine is looking to escape.
Inoki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thirtynine is trying to maintain the position but Inoki is very close to passing his half guard.
Inoki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thirtynine slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Thirtynine not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inoki being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Inoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thirtynine controls Inoki momentarily but Inoki frees himself.
Thirtynine wants to stand and escape but Inoki is having none of it.
Inoki throws and elbow that misses. Thirtynine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Inoki's guard. Nice move by Thirtynine!
Inoki keeping moving, preventing Thirtynine from controlling successfully.
Thirtynine stopping the sweep attempt from Inoki.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Inoki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thirtynine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Inoki but Inoki pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thirtynine with a lazy takedown attempt

and Inoki counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thirtynine is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Inoki off and has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thirtynine has the hooks in. Inoki is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Thirtynine scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Inoki is looking for a way out.

Thirtynine is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Inoki taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Thirtynine.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saku Thirtynine!