PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tower DeCum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nagasaki has chosen Daylight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ken Nagasaki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

DeCum
vs
Nagasaki

155 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
139 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tower DeCum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeCum on the wrong end of a nice hook.
DeCum shoots for a double leg takedown but Nagasaki sprawls well. He's pushed DeCum's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nagasaki leaves DeCum with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

DeCum scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
DeCum gets to mount! Nagasaki was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
DeCum looking to control and managing it successfully.
DeCum could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
DeCum thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Nagasaki tries to control DeCum's head but DeCum pushes him back down and moves quickly to lock up an arm here - he's swung around for an armbar! Will he get it??? Yes! Nagasaki is tapping out! Lovely Jiu Jitsu there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (armbar). Tower DeCum!