PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Stomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Real Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanori Stomi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stomi
vs
Dragon

173 cm
20
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Stomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Real Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stomi is looking to clinch but Dragon is avoiding it.
Stomi fails with a takedown attempt.
Dragon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragon is looking to clinch but Stomi is avoiding it.

Stomi has closed the distance and engaged Dragon in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stomi is trying to break the clinch but Dragon has him pressed against the cage.
Dragon looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Dragon manages to break the clinch.
Dragon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon stuffs the takedown attempt from Stomi. Stomi gets slowly back to his feet.
Dragon explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stomi moves in looking to clinch but Dragon pushes him off.
Dragon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stomi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dragon misses with a head kick.
Stomi avoids the head kick by Dragon.
Dragon misses with a two punch combination.
Real Dragon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Stomi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dragon looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stomi is trying to get an arm triangle but Dragon is defending well.
Stomi is breathing heavily.
Stomi tries to advance to mount but can't.
Dragon is looking for a sweep.
Stomi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dragon on the ground.
Stomi working away.
Dragon is looking for a sweep.

Stomi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dragon is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Dragon is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Stomi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Stomi's back!
Stomi is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Dragon.
Dragon controlling well, preventing Stomi from escaping the position.
Stomi is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's four 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.

Dragon has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Stomi is defending well but eventually Dragon manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Stomi has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Real Dragon!