PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Garbol Sharpen (ranked 25201 p4p, 4711 weight class) and Masaki Toyota (ranked 298 p4p, 237 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sharpen
vs
Toyota

168 cm
19
143
0 - 2 - 0

174 cm
19
137
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Garbol Sharpen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaki Toyota!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toyota misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sharpen feinted with a counter takedown.
Toyota shoots in and drives through. Sharpen sprawls well.
Masaki Toyota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharpen swats away the attempt to clinch by Toyota.
Toyota looks to clinch

and Sharpen counters with a shoot takedown. Toyota fights it but they end up in guard.
Sharpen scoring with some ground and pound.

Sharpen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sharpen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sharpen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sharpen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Toyota really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sharpen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Sharpen drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Sharpen seems to have locked his on tight now - Toyota screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sharpen, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Garbol Sharpen!
Garbol Sharpen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.