PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vantuff Vantuff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Renfro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Vantuff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eve. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vantuff
vs
Renfro

185 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 Tokyo, Vantuff Vantuff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeremy Renfro!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vantuff takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Renfro takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Vantuff.
Renfro throws a looping overhand right but Vantuff ducks down to avoid it.
Renfro swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Vantuff drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Renfro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Renfro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Renfro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vantuff stands up over Renfro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Renfro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vantuff wanted to stand there but Renfro had control of the position.
Renfro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vantuff is one step ahead there.
Vantuff throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Renfro lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vantuff!
Renfro lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Renfro raining down hammerfists from mount.
BOOM! Renfro connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Renfro working Vantuff over with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Vantuff that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Vantuff is rocked!
Renfro scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Vantuff is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Renfro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Renfro lands a big elbow - Vantuff is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Vantuff is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jeremy Renfro!
After the fight, Jeremy Renfro was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.