PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miklos Ploth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junichi Todakan (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.

Ploth
vs
Todakan

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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, Miklos Ploth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junichi Todakan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todakan is looking to clinch.
Ploth is looking to clinch.
Ploth closes the distance but Todakan moves to the side

and Todakan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Todakan.

Todakan decides to pull guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Todakan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ploth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ploth looking to sit in guard and control but Todakan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Todakan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Todakan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ploth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ploth throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Todakan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ploth's guard.
Ploth wants to sweep but Todakan has passed to side control!
Ploth avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Todakan.

Todakan is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Ploth is trying to escape and Todakan transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Ploth is forced to tap! Nice work there by Todakan! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Junichi Todakan!