PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between William Gate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gate
vs
Watanabe

170 cm
20
145 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
135 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Gate!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
No joy there for Watanabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gate is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Watanabe.

It looks like William Gate has been cut.

Watanabe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gate to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Watanabe wants to get back to his feet but Gate is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Gate drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gate seems to have locked his on tight now - Watanabe screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gate, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). William Gate!
William Gate is the new bantamweight champion!
William Gate was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.