PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Sawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sawa
vs
Blood

172 cm
23
153 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
152 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Sawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Blood !
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood looks to land a body kick but Sawa moved away.
Blood swings for the body but Sawa moves out of range.
Blood misses with a takedown
enabling Sawa to counter with a crisp jab.
Sawa swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood .
Henry Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood with a poor takedown

and Sawa counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Sawa is trying to get an arm triangle but Blood is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sawa advances to full mount.
Sawa trying to control but Blood is having none of it.
Sawa forces the positional change into back control.
Blood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sawa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Sawa's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Blood trying to control but not successfully.

Sawa is looking for the choke from the back position but Blood is controlling his hands well.

Sawa is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Blood has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sawa has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Blood ! Can he survive? No! He's out! Sawa gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jake Sawa!
An out of breath Jake Sawa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.