PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Klamazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Klamazo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Klamazo
vs
Sakuraba

185 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Klamazo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Klamazo moves into the clinch.
Sakuraba looking for a takedown.

Klamazo successfully pulls guard.
Klamazo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sakuraba wants to control from the top but Klamazo keeps moving.
Sakuraba working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klamazo's head.
Sakuraba sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Klamazo's guard.

Sakuraba is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakuraba is trying to control the action in half guard but Klamazo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Klamazo wants to get back to full guard.

Sakuraba seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Klamazo is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kazushi Sakuraba!