PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ghetto Fabulous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fabulous
vs
Musashi

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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, Ghetto Fabulous !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fabulous closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Musashi's guard.
Musashi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fabulous . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fabulous trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
Fabulous wants to pass the guard but Musashi is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musashi trying to control the position.

Fabulous drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Musashi dives on top into guard.

Musashi trying to control but Fabulous is working from the bottom.
Musashi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Musashi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fabulous swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fabulous holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Musashi wants to stand but Fabulous has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Musashi trying to control the position from guard on top but Fabulous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musashi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Musashi preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Musashi wants to control from the top but Fabulous keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Musashi gets caught flat footed, as Fabulous shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Musashi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Fabulous avoids them all with ease.
Musashi misses with a wild combination.

Fabulous shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fabulous showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fabulous trying to mount his opponent but Musashi defends it.
Musashi is not content to let Fabulous control the position.
Fabulous passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fabulous wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Musashi, who protects the arm well.
Musashi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fabulous wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Musashi wants to control but Fabulous postures up.
Musashi holds on to Fabulous 's head and controls the position momentarily.
Fabulous throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Fabulous is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Musashi has escaped the position, nice work there.

Fabulous looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Musashi is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fabulous is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Musashi will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Fabulous passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Musashi!
Musashi wants to control but Fabulous is having none of it.
Fabulous trying to control but Musashi is having none of it.
Musashi wants to hold on but Fabulous pushes him away.
Fabulous can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Musashi is looking to escape.

Musashi defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Fabulous .
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Musashi tries to hold on but Fabulous postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ghetto Fabulous will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fabulous slips under a jab.

Fabulous scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Musashi kicks off Fabulous and gets to his feet.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Fabulous avoids them all with ease.
Fabulous appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Fabulous decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Musashi trying to hold on to Fabulous 's head to control him but Fabulous postures up.
Fabulous trying to control from half guard but Musashi is working away.

Fabulous is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Musashi is not content to let Fabulous control the position.
Fabulous sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabulous passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Musashi!
Fabulous sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fabulous trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fabulous fails to advance to Musashi's back.

Fabulous has hold of Musashi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Musashi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fabulous wants to take Musashi's back here but Musashi is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Musashi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Musashi wants to control but Fabulous is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is squirming around, avoiding Fabulous 's attempts to control the action.
Musashi wants to hold on but Fabulous pushes him away.

Fabulous looking for a guillotine from mount but Musashi is having none of it.
Musashi wants to control but Fabulous is having none of it.
Fabulous tries to control but Musashi wriggling away.
Fabulous fails to move to back control.
Musashi is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fabulous working for a guillotine from mount but Musashi is in no mood to give up.
Fabulous avoids the attempt from Musashi to control.

Fabulous has isolated one of Musashi's arms. Musashi looking to fight him off but Fabulous twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ghetto Fabulous !
Ghetto Fabulous seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.