PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Moses (ranked 25051 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Franco (ranked 5489 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Moses
vs
Franco

202 cm
21
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

184 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gregory Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabio Franco!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Franco closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franco is controlling the pace.
It looks like Franco might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Moses is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Franco's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Franco's back!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Franco tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Moses has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Franco is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gregory Moses!