PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Demetrious Jorgensen (ranked 767 p4p, 36 weight class) and Nobunaga Tanaka (ranked 1120 p4p, 54 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jorgensen
vs
Tanaka

165 cm
39
143 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

170 cm
28
140 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Sin City Allstars

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 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Demetrious Jorgensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nobunaga Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorgensen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tanaka pinned against the cage. Tanaka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tanaka with the counter takedown but Jorgensen avoids it easily.
Tanaka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jorgensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tanaka.
Tanaka throws a right and a left that Jorgensen avoids nicely.
No luck for Jorgensen with that takedown attempt.

Jorgensen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jorgensen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tanaka is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jorgensen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Tanaka tries to bench press Jorgensen off him but Jorgensen keeps the position.
The strikes coming from Jorgensen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jorgensen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Jorgensen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgensen lands a nice forearm strike.
Jorgensen lands a few punches from side control.
Tanaka tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jorgensen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tanaka is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jorgensen off and has taken his back!
I really don't envy Jorgensen right now.
Jorgensen is working hard here to advance position.
Will Tanaka go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Well, with Tanaka on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Jorgensen is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Jorgensen wants to escape the position.

Jorgensen defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Jorgensen won't enjoy being in this position. Tanaka looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Jorgensen is tapping - it's over boys! Tanaka picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nobunaga Tanaka!
A very excited looking Nobunaga Tanaka made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.