PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Genichiro Tenryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smasher Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money has chosen Gives You Hell as his entrance music. Money has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tenryu
vs
Money

181 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genichiro Tenryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Smasher Money !
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tenryu shoots in and bounces Money off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Tenryu stands and steps away. Money gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Money looks gassed!

Tenryu shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tenryu showed some decent athleticism there.
Money on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tenryu drops an elbow to the side of Money 's head.

It looks like Smasher Money has been cut.
Money is trying to control but can't.
Money taking some punishment here, with Tenryu in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Tenryu decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Tenryu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Money !

Money is rocked!
Money is looking to improve his position but Tenryu isn't that keen on the idea.
Tenryu lands a big shot there that rocks Money but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tenryu with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenryu lands a heavy elbow.
Money is still in real trouble! Can Tenryu finish him?
BOOM! Tenryu connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tenryu lands with some strikes.
Tenryu postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Money looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Money really wants to buck Tenryu off and get back to his feet.
Tenryu lands a nice shot to the head.
Money seems to have recovered his senses.
Tenryu really is a fat lump.
Money is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Money is trying to escape the mount.
Tenryu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tenryu raining down shots from the mount!
Tenryu lands a nice shot to the head.
Tenryu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Money ?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Money looking to sit in guard and control but Tenryu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tenryu gets to his feet - Money follows without any prompting.

Money scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Tenryu tries to kick Money off but Money keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Tenryu manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Tenryu lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Money can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Tenryu and Money drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Tenryu.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genichiro Tenryu!