PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Charger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yamato Damashii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Charger
vs
Damashii

180 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck Charger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yamato Damashii!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Damashii shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Damashii showed some decent athleticism there.
Damashii not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Charger missing with punches from the bottom.
Charger punching from the bottom.
Damashii slips a nice elbow through Charger's hands, connecting with Charger's forehead.
Damashii slips a nice elbow through Charger's hands, connecting with Charger's forehead.
Damashii is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Damashii throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Charger has hold of Damashii's hands but Damashii slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Charger on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Charger tries to get out of the position.
Damashii prevents Charger from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Damashii scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damashii 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.
Charger wants to improve his position but Damashii is controlling well.
Damashii working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damashii trying to control from half guard but Charger is working away.
Damashii looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Damashii prevents Charger from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charger tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Damashii prevents Charger from improving his position.
Damashii is nestled in close to Charger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Damashii trying to control the action but Charger is working from the bottom.
Charger is looking to improve his position.

Damashii is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Charger is just riding it out for now. Damashii eventually gives up the hold.
Charger is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damashii slips a nice elbow through Charger's hands, connecting with Charger's forehead.
Charger is trying to get back to full guard.
Damashii slips a nice elbow through Charger's hands, connecting with Charger's forehead.
Damashii working the head and body with strikes.

Damashii is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Charger has hold of Damashii's hands but Damashii slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Charger tries to get to full guard but Damashii has control of the leg.
Damashii lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Charger is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Damashii is looking for a kimura here.
Charger is refusing to be controlled, as Damashii sits in half guard.
Damashii lands with a punch from half guard.
Damashii working the head and body with strikes.
Charger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Damashii on the ground.
Charger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Damashii scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damashii 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.
Damashii lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Damashii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Damashii lands with a punch from half guard.
Damashii working the head and body with strikes.
Charger is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damashii controlling the action here.
Damashii is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Damashii working Charger over with strikes.
Damashii seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Charger taking some punishment here, with Damashii in his half guard.

Charger is rocked!
Charger is looking to improve his position.
Charger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Damashii scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damashii drops an elbow to the side of Charger's head.
Oh Charger is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Damashii drops an elbow to the side of Charger's head.
Damashii lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damashii lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Charger quite badly. Charger pulls Damashii in close trying to recover. Damashii postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Charger on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Charger doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yamato Damashii!