PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Quanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kato Masaishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Quanero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 537 CUBA. This should be fireworks!

Quanero
vs
Masaishii

188 cm
24
250 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

181 cm
22
236 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Quanero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kato Masaishii!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quanero misses with the combination.
Quanero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masaishii moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Masaishii is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Masaishii.
Quanero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Quanero is trying to get back to half guard.
Masaishii cracks Quanero with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Quanero is not content to let Masaishii control the position.
Quanero tries to bench press Masaishii off him but Masaishii keeps the position.
Masaishii looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Quanero is avoiding damage well.
Masaishii fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Quanero is not content to let Masaishii control the position.
Masaishii content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Masaishii throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaishii moves into full mount!
Masaishii scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Quanero?
Quanero wants to control but Masaishii is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Masaishii throws some wild stikes that Quanero manages to avoid easily.
Masaishii seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Quanero is holding on tight.
Masaishii sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Masaishii trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Quanero has given up his back.
Masaishii controlling from the back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Masaishii is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Masaishii looking for the RNC.
Quanero is trying to stand back up.

Masaishii is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Quanero defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
I really don't envy Quanero right now.

Quanero fending off the submission attempt from Masaishii.
Quanero trying to control the hands but Masaishii won't let him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masaishii throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Well, with Masaishii on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Quanero is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quanero is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Masaishii patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Masaishii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Masaishii is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Masaishii working for the choke.

Masaishii working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Quanero is really stuck here.

Masaishii is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Quanero showing good submission defense here.
Quanero staying busy and making it hard for Masaishii to control.
Masaishii might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Quanero haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Quanero preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Masaishii.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masaishii keeps control of the position as Quanero tries to break free.
Masaishii has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Quanero's body.

Masaishii tightening his grip on Quanero, looking for the choke.
Masaishii wants to control but Quanero is keeping busy.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
I really don't envy Quanero right now.
Masaishii struggling to keep hold of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quanero is in bad spot here.

Masaishii looking for the RNC.

Masaishii is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Quanero is defending well though. Masaishii let's go of the attempt for now.
Quanero tries to escape but Masaishii has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kato Masaishii dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Quanero looks to land a combination but Masaishii avoids it well.
A countering left hand to the body from Masaishii misses.

Masaishii manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Quanero on his heels. He'll look to pass Quanero's guard now, I'm sure.
Masaishii passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Quanero wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
A lull in the action here.
Quanero is trying to control Masaishii's posture but Masaishii avoids it.
Masaishii working the ground and pound but Quanero is defending the strikes.
Masaishii has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quanero can't do much from the bottom here.
Quanero is trying to buck Masaishii off.
Masaishii advances nicely into full mount.
Masaishii takes Quanero's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Quanero is in trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaishii not allowing Quanero to control his hands.
Masaishii trying to control momentarily.

Masaishii looking for the choke from the back.
Masaishii struggling to land strikes to the head as Quanero covers up.
Masaishii is working the ground and pound. Can Quanero escape?
Quanero has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Masaishii.
Quanero wants to get back to his feet.
Quanero trying to control but not successfully.

Masaishii looking for the choke but no joy.

Masaishii working for a choke but Quanero is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quanero manages to reverse the position and now he's in Masaishii's guard. Nice work there by Quanero.
Quanero stopping the sweep attempt from Masaishii.
Quanero wants to get up but he can't break Masaishii's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Masaishii looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Quanero is defending well. Masaishii quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Quanero has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Masaishii celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kato Masaishii!