PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Minard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaze Daizaemon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Minard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Against I. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Minard
vs
Daizaemon

182 cm
20
204 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

5th Round

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Minard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kaze Daizaemon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daizaemon throws a hook but Minard blocks it.
Daizaemon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Minard circles away quickly and effectively.
Daizaemon misses with a jab, cross combination.

Minard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Minard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Kaze Daizaemon has been cut.
Daizaemon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Minard has him pressed against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Minard takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Minard is trying to trip Daizaemon. He has hold of a leg but Daizaemon is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Minard persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Minard wants to control from the top but Daizaemon keeps moving.
Daizaemon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Minard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Minard stopping the sweep attempt from Daizaemon.

Minard stands up and waves to Daizaemon to follow him.
Daizaemon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Minard.

Minard rushes Daizaemon and presses him up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minard drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Minard breaks the clinch.
Daizaemon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Minard closes the distance and clinches.
Minard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daizaemon is trying to break free.

Minard turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Minard scores with punches from side control.
Daizaemon looks gassed!

Minard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Daizaemon is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Daizaemon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Minard connects with a decent elbow.
Minard 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.

Minard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Minard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Minard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Minard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daizaemon parries the strikes from Minard easily there. Minard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Daizaemon to escape.
Daizaemon is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Minard is controlling him well.

Minard has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Daizaemon is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Minard yanks on the arm and Daizaemon is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Minard.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anderson Minard!