PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kid Kamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micky Elder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elder has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kamamoto
vs
Elder

184 cm
22
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Kamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Micky Elder!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamamoto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kamamoto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kamamoto scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Elder?
Elder squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kamamoto lands a nice shot to the head.
Kamamoto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Elder can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kamamoto working the ground and pound effectively.
Elder is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Elder is in a horrible position here. Kamamoto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Kamamoto.
Kamamoto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kamamoto scoring with strikes but Elder is staying in there.
Elder really wants to buck Kamamoto off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamamoto has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Elder's face.
Kamamoto landing strikes from the mount and Elder is in trouble!
Kamamoto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kamamoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Elder takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
BOOM! Kamamoto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kamamoto lands a big elbow.

Kamamoto jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Elder is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Elder and Kamamoto has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Kamamoto creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Elder is trying to improve his position.
Elder taking a bit of punishment here - Kamamoto scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kamamoto grinds an elbow into Elder's temple.
Elder is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kamamoto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kamamoto cracks Elder with a big elbow.
Kamamoto tries to move to mount but Elder blocks the move with his legs.
Kamamoto scoring with punches from side control.

Kamamoto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kamamoto is breathing heavily.
Kamamoto landing strikes.
Elder is looking to regain half guard here but Kamamoto keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamamoto advances to full mount.

Kamamoto goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Elder turns into him and now he's in Kamamoto's guard.
Kamamoto wants to improve his position but instead Elder has moved into half guard.

Elder is trying to work for a kimura but Kamamoto is defending well.
Kamamoto tries to get to full guard but Elder has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elder seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kamamoto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kamamoto tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kamamoto missing with punches from the bottom.
Kamamoto works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kamamoto tries to strike from the bottom.
Kamamoto throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Kamamoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Elder circles away.
Kamamoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Elder circles away.
Kamamoto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kamamoto fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kid Kamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kamamoto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Elder as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Kamamoto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kamamoto shoots in looking for a takedown. Elder tries to sprawl out of it but Kamamoto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Elder manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kamamoto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Elder is fending him off so far but Kamamoto persists. Nope, Elder circles away and we're back to standing.
Elder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kamamoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kid Kamamoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kamamoto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Elder tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kamamoto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kamamoto scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Elder to see if he's OK.
Kamamoto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Elder some visible discomfort.
Elder taking a bit of punishment here - Kamamoto scoring with strikes.
Kamamoto lands some shots froms side control.
Kamamoto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Kamamoto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Elder is breathing heavily.
Kamamoto lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamamoto landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kamamoto lands some shots froms side control.
An elbow from Kamamoto crashes against the mat.
Kamamoto looks up at the clock and then as Elder takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kamamoto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kamamoto tries to advance to mount but can't.

Kamamoto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Elder sneaks back into half guard.
Kamamoto will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Elder won't allow Kamamoto to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Elder gets back to full guard.
Elder working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kamamoto.

Elder pushes a forearm under Kamamoto's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Kamamoto is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Micky Elder!