PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dee Gong (ranked 23280 p4p, 6192 weight class) and Griffith Femto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee Gong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Griffith Femto's chin.

Gong
vs
Femto

190 cm
24
205
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
215
0 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dee Gong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Griffith Femto!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gong moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gong scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Femto doesn't seem bothered though.
Gong leaves Femto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Femto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Femto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Femto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Femto scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Femto is working for a kimura but Gong is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Femto lands with a punch from half guard.
Femto trying to mount his opponent but Gong defends it.
Femto lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Femto lands strikes from half guard.
Gong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gong tries to get out of the position.
Femto controlling the action here.

Femto is looking for a kimura here.
Femto stops Gong from getting back to his feet.
Femto is nestled in close to Gong, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Femto tries to pass to full mount but Gong defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femto uses his free foot to push down on Gong's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gong.
Femto controlling his opponent.
Femto lands a nice shot to the head.
Femto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Femto controlling the pace for now.
Femto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Femto is landing with some decent strikes but Gong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Femto with good strikes from the mount here!
Femto controlling the pace for now.
Femto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Griffith Femto!