PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Witsanu Tanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Bostonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanabe comes to the cage accompanied by Grew Up a Screw Up- Ludacris. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tanabe
vs
Bostonson

182 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Witsanu Tanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Bostonson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bostonson throws a right and a left that Tanabe avoids nicely.
Tanabe keeps the fight on the outside.
Tanabe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bostonson looks to land a combination but Tanabe avoids it well.
Tanabe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tanabe throws a quick inside leg kick.

Tanabe bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bostonson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tanabe throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tanabe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tanabe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bostonson keeps working.
Tanabe lands a nice forearm strike.
Tanabe tries to score with some ground and pound. Bostonson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bostonson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tanabe lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Bostonson is rocked!
Tanabe grinds an elbow into Bostonson's temple.
Bostonson is still in real trouble! Can Tanabe finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tanabe trying to control the position but Bostonson is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanabe scoring with punches and elbows.
Bostonson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tanabe cracks Bostonson with a big right hand but Bostonson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bostonson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tanabe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bostonson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tanabe trying to control the action but Bostonson is working from the bottom.
Tanabe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tanabe lands some shots froms side control.
Tanabe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bostonson struggling a bit here.
Bostonson is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Tanabe is staying active.
Bostonson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanabe controls the position.
Bostonson seems to have recovered his senses.
Tanabe in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bostonson taking a bit of punishment here - Tanabe scoring with strikes.
Tanabe working the ground and pound from side control.
Tanabe is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Tanabe throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tanabe scores with punches from side control.
Tanabe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bostonson some visible discomfort.
Bostonson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Bostonson struggling a bit here.
Tanabe working the head and body with strikes.
Tanabe cracks Bostonson with a big elbow.
Tanabe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bostonson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Tanabe is staying tight to Bostonson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Tanabe advances to full mount.
Tanabe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tanabe wants to control the pace but Bostonson is squirming around nicely.

Bostonson has left one of his arms exposed and Tanabe doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Bostonson screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Witsanu Tanabe!