PRIDE Exhibition 5 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Keosy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keosy comes to the ring accompanied by Till I Collapse. Ramirez has chosen Judas Priest - The Ripper as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Keosy
vs
Ramirez

191 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Keosy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez swinging wilding here.

Keosy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ramirez is looking for a sweep.
Keosy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Keosy takes a little break here. Ramirez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Keosy decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ramirez to his feet.
Keosy tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Keosy chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keosy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ramirez shoots and misses
and Keosy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ramirez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Keosy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ramirez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Keosy is fending him off so far but Ramirez persists. Nope, Keosy circles away and we're back to standing.
Ramirez tries for a takedown but Keosy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Will Keosy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Ramirez.
Nice straight punches there by Ramirez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ramirez.

Keosy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ramirez looks gassed!
Keosy controlling the action here.
Ramirez is trying to control but can't.
Keosy slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keosy is working away from the top position though.
Keosy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
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.
Ramirez trying to control but Keosy postures up.
Keosy trying to control the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The referee stands the fighters back up. Will Keosy just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ramirez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keosy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Keosy misses.
Ramirez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Keosy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ramirez's knee momentarily.

Keosy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ramirez tries to roll over but Keosy keeps him under control.
Keosy controlling the action here.
Ramirez is looking to improve his position.
Keosy trying to mount his opponent but Ramirez defends it.
Keosy tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Ramirez.

Ramirez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Keosy pulls his head out easily.
Keosy not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keosy wants to pass the guard but Ramirez is defending well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keosy.
Ramirez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Keosy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Keosy.
Keosy sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Keosy is posturing up here but Ramirez has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Keosy tries to roll out but it's too tight and Keosy has to tap! Slick submission there by Ramirez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Richard Ramirez!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Denver Favre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarmo Pajumaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pajumaki has chosen Rage Against the Machine - Bombtrack as his entrance music. Denver Favre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Favre
vs
Pajumaki

186 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Denver Favre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jarmo Pajumaki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Favre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Favre lands in his opponent's guard.
Favre preventing the sweep.

Favre stands and steps away. Pajumaki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pajumaki doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Favre counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Favre prevents Pajumaki from improving his position.
Pajumaki looks gassed!
Favre content to control rather than advance.
Pajumaki taking some punishment here, with Favre in his half guard.
Pajumaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pajumaki is not content to let Favre control the position.
Pajumaki throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Favre really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pajumaki tries to kick Favre off but Favre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Favre passes to side control.
Favre moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Favre lands some shots froms side control.

Favre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pajumaki knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pajumaki takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Favre passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Pajumaki!
A nice elbow there by Favre.
Pajumaki is in a horrible position here. Favre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Favre looking to control but Pajumaki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Favre with good strikes from the mount here!
Favre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Favre controlling from the full mount.

Favre stands up from mount. Strange move.

Favre feints and as Pajumaki raises his hands in defense, Favre changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Favre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Favre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pajumaki throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Pajumaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Favre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pajumaki lands a decent punch to the body there.
Favre trying to control the position from guard on top but Pajumaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Favre tries to stand but Pajumaki is controlling from the bottom.
Pajumaki looking for a sweep. Not yet Pajumaki, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Pajumaki moves into range and clinches up with Favre.
Pajumaki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Favre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pajumaki has him pressed against the ropes.
Favre has Pajumaki pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Pajumaki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Favre has had enough of the clinch but Pajumaki keeps him there for the moment.

Pajumaki drags the fight down to the ground.
Favre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pajumaki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Favre!
Pajumaki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Favre is looking to escape.
Pajumaki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Favre working to try and regain half guard.
Pajumaki lands a heavy elbow.
Favre in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Denver Favre has been cut.
Favre is looking to improve his position but Pajumaki isn't that keen on the idea.
Pajumaki cracks Favre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pajumaki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Favre working to try and regain half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pajumaki can't control as he wanted to and Favre manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pajumaki connects with a nice short shot to Favre's temple.
Favre throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Pajumaki manages to pass to side control.
A control attempt from Favre but he's now mounted!
Pajumaki avoids the attempt from Favre to control.
Pajumaki landing strikes from the mount and Favre is in trouble!
Pajumaki punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pajumaki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Favre tries to hold on but Pajumaki postures up.
Favre swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pajumaki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pajumaki throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Favre taking shots to the head.
Pajumaki with shots to the head and body - Favre looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pajumaki content just to control the position here.
Pajumaki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Denver Favre's cut is getting worse.
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.
Pajumaki trying to control but Favre is having none of it.
Favre working to try and regain half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Favre is squirming around, avoiding Pajumaki's attempts to control the action.
Pajumaki lands a nice shot to the head.
Pajumaki landing strikes from the mount.

Denver Favre's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pajumaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Favre throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Pajumaki with a couple of short strikes.
Pajumaki looking to control but Favre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pajumaki with shots to the head and body - Favre looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pajumaki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Favre is squirming around, avoiding Pajumaki's attempts to control the action.
Favre wants to hold on but Pajumaki pushes him away.
Pajumaki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Denver Favre's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jarmo Pajumaki!

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A

C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryuu Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiro Ohno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ohno is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bounce with Me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matsumoto
vs
Ohno

175 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Matsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihiro Ohno!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ohno as he avoids it easily.

Matsumoto darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Matsumoto seems content to control.
Ohno is looking to escape.
Matsumoto looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Matsumoto seems to be working for a kimura but Ohno defends the submission attempt.
Matsumoto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ohno does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ohno trying to control but Matsumoto postures up.
Matsumoto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ohno is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ohno has his takedown stuffed

and Matsumoto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ohno's guard.
Ohno keeping full guard, as Matsumoto tries to pass.
Matsumoto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Matsumoto tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohno is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Matsumoto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Matsumoto takes a little break here. Ohno wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Matsumoto seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ohno for as long as he can get away with.
Matsumoto is breathing heavily.
Matsumoto is looking to take a break and control but Ohno is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ohno tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohno is pushing Matsumoto's head away, looking to escape. Matsumoto manages to hold on to the position though.
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.
A lull in the action here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryuu Matsumoto just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ohno lands with a thumping leg kick.

Matsumoto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Matsumoto with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Matsumoto passes to side control.
Ohno wants to control but Matsumoto postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohno is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Matsumoto advances nicely into full mount.
Ohno really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Matsumoto controlling from the full mount.
Ohno tries to lock up and control but Matsumoto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Matsumoto controlling the position easily from mount.
Matsumoto fails to advance to Ohno's back.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto trying to control but Ohno is having none of it.
Ohno is controlling an arm, preventing Matsumoto from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Ohno has given up his back here. Will Matsumoto look for the submission or keep pounding away?
ropes is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Ohno.
Matsumoto has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ohno wants to get back to his feet.
Matsumoto slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

Matsumoto is cranking Ohno's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Ohno! He's tightened the choke and Ohno is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ryuu Matsumoto!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
31%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Heathcote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Silva had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
Heathcote

190 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Heathcote!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heathcote fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Heathcote fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Heathcote shoots in.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Heathcote.

Heathcote scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Heathcote stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Heathcote is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Heathcote avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Heathcote trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heathcote trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Heathcote is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Heathcote keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Heathcote is keeping the position for now.
Heathcote has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Heathcote working a defensive guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A solid body kick from Heathcote.
Heathcote scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heathcote works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.

Silva is rocked!
Heathcote swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Heathcote gets the takedown into side control.
Heathcote really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heathcote sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Silva manages to get back to half guard.
Silva is pressing down on Heathcote's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Heathcote stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva has control of Heathcote's left arm, preventing Heathcote from doing any damage.
Heathcote trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Heathcote is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Silva pulls Heathcote in close to prevent any damage.
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.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Heathcote manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva won't allow Heathcote to sweep him here.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Heathcote controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Heathcote throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Heathcote is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Heathcote is proving hard to escape from.
Silva postures up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva wants to control from the top but Heathcote keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Heathcote moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Heathcote!
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Heathcote in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Heathcote looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Silva has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Heathcote! Can he survive? No! He's out! Silva gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mauricio Silva!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between K Raiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryusho Kobayashi (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.

Raiden
vs
Kobayashi

173 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, K Raiden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryusho Kobayashi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kobayashi.
Raiden closes the distance and clinches up with Kobayashi, looking for a takedown. Raiden pushes Kobayashi against the ropes but Kobayashi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Kobayashi moves into the clinch successfully.
Raiden managing to block the knees to the body from Kobayashi.

Kobayashi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Raiden not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.

Kobayashi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kobayashi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raiden is trying to control the position but Kobayashi postures up.

Raiden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kobayashi wants to stand but Raiden has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Raiden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kobayashi is one step ahead there.
Kobayashi trying to control but Raiden is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Raiden takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kobayashi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobayashi misses with a leg kick.
Raiden throws a push kick but Kobayashi slaps the foot to one side.
Raiden misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kobayashi is looking to slow Raiden down with leg kicks.
Raiden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raiden shoots in for a takedown but Kobayashi shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for K Raiden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raiden is breathing heavily.
Kobayashi throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kobayashi.

Kobayashi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Raiden looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Raiden gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Raiden really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Kobayashi working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Raiden looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Kobayashi! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryusho Kobayashi!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
59%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pens Julver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nimith Luanglathay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Julver
vs
Luanglathay

167 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
131 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pens Julver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nimith Luanglathay!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luanglathay looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Julver is fending him off so far but Luanglathay persists. Nope, Julver circles away and we're back to standing.

Luanglathay scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Luanglathay is keen to just control but Julver is a slippery customer.
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.
Julver is looking to improve his position.
Luanglathay trying to control from half guard but Julver is working away.

Julver looking for a kimura from the bottom but Luanglathay passes into side control!

Luanglathay stands up.
Luanglathay blocks a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Julver. No joy for Luanglathay on that attempt.
Julver moves in looking to clinch but Luanglathay pushes him off.

Luanglathay has closed the distance and engaged Julver in a clinch.

Luanglathay breaks the clinch.
Luanglathay throws a right and a left that both miss.

Luanglathay shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Luanglathay looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julver is trying to control the position but Luanglathay postures up.
Luanglathay trying to control the position from guard on top but Julver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luanglathay would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Julver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Julver scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Luanglathay staying out of range there.
Julver with a hook.
Julver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luanglathay manages to avoid it.
Julver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luanglathay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Luanglathay counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Luanglathay.
Julver is trying to keep Luanglathay in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luanglathay gets to his feet - Julver follows without any prompting.
Luanglathay shoots in and drives through. Julver sprawls well.
Pens Julver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nimith Luanglathay.
Luanglathay swinging wilding here.
Luanglathay throws a shot to the body.
Julver misses with a lunging right hand

and Luanglathay counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Julver's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is working from the bottom.
Luanglathay throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Julver works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Julver being controlled here, momentarily.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is working from the bottom.

Julver looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay connects with a couple of short punches.

Luanglathay decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pens Julver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick there by Luanglathay.
Pens Julver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luanglathay lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Luanglathay misses with a body punch
and Julver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Julver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Luanglathay counters by clinching up.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Luanglathay pulls guard.
Julver trying to control but Luanglathay is working from the bottom.
Julver stands and throws Luanglathay's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Julver is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luanglathay has escaped the position, nice work there.
Luanglathay takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julver staying calm.

Julver looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Julver tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Julver has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Luanglathay is not content to let Julver control the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Julver stalling.
Julver is nestled in close to Luanglathay, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Julver is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Luanglathay has managed to free his arm - good work.
Luanglathay trying to hold on to Julver's head to control him but Julver postures up.
Luanglathay is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Luanglathay controlling the position for now.

Julver is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Luanglathay is just riding it out for now. Julver eventually gives up the hold.
Julver trying to pass the guard but Luanglathay defending well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Julver waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Luanglathay.
Julver misses with a lunging right hand

and Luanglathay counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Luanglathay forces his way into half guard.
Luanglathay is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Julver looking for submissions off his back.
Julver wants to get back to full guard.
Julver is controlling Luanglathay's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Luanglathay prevents Julver from standing back up.
Luanglathay wants to take a breather but Julver is having none of it.
Julver keeping hold of Luanglathay's head, controlling as best he can.
Julver is looking to control Luanglathay's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Julver avoid being mounted?

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Julver lands a lovely overhand right.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Julver.
Julver misses with a left hand
letting Luanglathay counter with a right hand.
Julver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Julver looks to land a left hand but Luanglathay moved out of range nicely.
Luanglathay needs to keep his hands up - Julver had a free shot at his head there.
Julver misses with a straight left.
Julver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Julver missing with a left hand there. Luanglathay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Julver scores with a nice strike.
Julver cracks Luanglathay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Julver looks to land a left hand but Luanglathay moved out of range nicely.
Julver throws a jab but it's blocked by Luanglathay.

Luanglathay shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Luanglathay was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Luanglathay goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Julver turns into him and now he's in Luanglathay's guard.
Julver would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Julver!
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is having none of it.
Luanglathay controlling the pace for now.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Luanglathay is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Luanglathay extends the arm and Julver is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nimith Luanglathay!