PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan De Vasconcellos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honda Kawakiki (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.

De Vasconcellos
vs
Kawakiki

186 cm
23
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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, Ryan De Vasconcellos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Honda Kawakiki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Vasconcellos looking to score a takedown here. Kawakiki is defending well but De Vasconcellos drives through and ends up in Kawakiki's guard.

Kawakiki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
De Vasconcellos wants to control from the top but Kawakiki keeps moving.
Kawakiki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kawakiki trying to control the position here.
De Vasconcellos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
De Vasconcellos wants to get up but he can't break Kawakiki's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

De Vasconcellos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De Vasconcellos trying to control but Kawakiki is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawakiki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Ryan De Vasconcellos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
De Vasconcellos tries to clinch but Kawakiki is having none of it.
Kawakiki wants to clinch.
De Vasconcellos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kawakiki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Vasconcellos is defended easily by Kawakiki.
De Vasconcellos looks for a takedown but Kawakiki sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vasconcellos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Vasconcellos shoots for a takedown but Kawakiki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan De Vasconcellos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kawakiki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Vasconcellos sprawls well. De Vasconcellos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kawakiki gets slowly back to his feet.
Kawakiki looks gassed!
Kawakiki darts in trying to clinch
and De Vasconcellos counters with a nice kick to the body.
De Vasconcellos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kawakiki pinned against the cage. Kawakiki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Vasconcellos tries to clinch but Kawakiki moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vasconcellos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by De Vasconcellos.

De Vasconcellos is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Kawakiki looks calm but he's in trouble here. De Vasconcellos gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Kawakiki is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! De Vasconcellos lets go of the hold and Kawakiki can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan De Vasconcellos!