PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akisame Hikaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hikaru's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ultimate Battle. Akisame Hikaru is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hikaru
vs
Grant

172 cm
25
180 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

184 cm
32
195 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing

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 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Akisame Hikaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Grant!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hikaru closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grant circles away.
Grant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hikaru misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
Hikaru does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Hikaru clinches with his opponent.
Hikaru softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hikaru misses with an elbow strike.
Grant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hikaru is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hikaru lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Brandon Grant has been cut.
Grant avoids a wild elbow strike from Hikaru.
Hikaru lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hikaru trying to land knees to the body.
Grant has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hikaru avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Grant blocks an elbow strike from Hikaru.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Akisame Hikaru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Grant.
Grant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hikaru - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hikaru throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hikaru.

That has opened up Brandon Grant's cut even more.
Grant blocks an elbow strike.
Hikaru throws an elbow that misses.
Hikaru throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hikaru content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hikaru lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grant backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hikaru will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Grant up against the cage.
Grant wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hikaru has him pressed against the cage.
Grant blocks the elbow strike.
Grant is looking for a takedown.
Hikaru is pushing Grant up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hikaru tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Grant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hikaru misses the body punch

and Grant counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Grant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grant with a nice head shot there.

Grant is posturing up here but Hikaru has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Grant tries to roll out but it's too tight and Grant has to tap! Slick submission there by Hikaru!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Akisame Hikaru!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Akisame Hikaru made sure he mentioned Damnfield clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.