PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robinson Crusoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omi Yusura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Crusoe
vs
Yusura

180 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robinson Crusoe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Omi Yusura!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yusura gets caught napping as Crusoe dives in and scores a takedown. Yusura manages to retain guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Yusura throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Crusoe passes Yusura's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Crusoe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Still in half guard, Crusoe seems content to control.
Yusura tries to roll over but Crusoe keeps him under control.
Crusoe trying to control from half guard but Yusura is working away.

Crusoe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Yusura has managed to free his arm - good work.
Still in half guard, Crusoe seems content to control.
Crusoe scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Yusura actively working from the bottom here.
Crusoe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crusoe is trying to work for a kimura but Yusura is defending well.
Yusura wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Crusoe is working for a submission of some sort.
Ground and pound from Crusoe.
Crusoe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Yusura looking for submissions off his back.
Yusura throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Crusoe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Crusoe prevents Yusura from improving his position.
Crusoe lands strikes from half guard.
Crusoe lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Crusoe is looking for a kimura here.
Yusura is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crusoe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Crusoe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Crusoe stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Yusura to get to his feet.

Crusoe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Crusoe showed some decent athleticism there.
Yusura moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Crusoe is stalling in the full guard.
Yusura keeping moving, preventing Crusoe from controlling successfully.
Crusoe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crusoe chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusoe passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Crusoe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yusura some visible discomfort.
Yusura is trying to improve his position.

Crusoe tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Crusoe controlling the position.

Crusoe is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Yusura looks calm but he's in trouble here. Crusoe gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Yusura is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Crusoe lets go of the hold and Yusura can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Robinson Crusoe!
Robinson Crusoe retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Robinson Crusoe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.