PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liu Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lau (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.

Kang
vs
Lau

188 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Kang !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Lau!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kang gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kang moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Lau can't do much from the bottom here.
Lau is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kang asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Kang decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Kang shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lau really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kang . 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.
Kang tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lau tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kang controlling the position easily from mount.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Kang is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Kang !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Liu Kang !