PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kotaro Fuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Fuma
vs
Khan

169 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 18 - 2

182 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Fuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Khan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan shoots in for a double leg but Fuma sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fuma looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Khan has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fuma thuds his right hand into Khan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Khan shoots for a double leg takedown but Fuma sprawls well. He's pushed Khan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kotaro Fuma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Khan.
Khan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fuma defends it nicely.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Fuma throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Khan showed some decent athleticism there.
Khan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Khan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Khan content just to control the position here.
Khan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fuma?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fuma has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan controlling the pace for now.
Khan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Khan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Khan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Khan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fuma is in a horrible position here. Khan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Khan has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Fuma is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nick Khan!
Our winner, Nick Khan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.