PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yusuke Urameshi (ranked 575 p4p, 435 weight class) and Maximus Furioto (ranked 85 p4p, 69 weight class). Urameshi comes to the cage accompanied by Smile Bomb. The crowd seem to be enjoying Furioto's choice of entrance music: 韻踏合組合 - . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Urameshi
vs
Furioto

172 cm
39
160
39 - 21 - 2

170 cm
37
155
23 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yusuke Urameshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximus Furioto!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furioto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Furioto fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Urameshi to the ground. Furioto is now in Urameshi's guard.
Furioto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Furioto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Urameshi has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Furioto off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Furioto fails with a takedown attempt.
Furioto dives in for a single leg takedown but Urameshi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Furioto changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Urameshi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Urameshi is pushing Furioto's head away, looking to escape. Furioto manages to hold on to the position though.
Urameshi stops Furioto from passing to mount.
Urameshi wants to get back to his feet.

Furioto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Urameshi pushes Furioto away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Furioto gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Furioto tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Urameshi pushes Furioto away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Furioto gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urameshi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Urameshi wants to get back to his feet.
Furioto misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Urameshi is trying to buck Furioto off.
Furioto scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Urameshi to see if he's OK.
Urameshi is trying to buck Furioto off.
Furioto working the ground and pound.
Urameshi is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Furioto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Furioto scoring with punches and elbows.
Furioto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi is pushing Furioto's head away, looking to escape. Furioto manages to hold on to the position though.

Furioto is trying to get an arm triangle but Urameshi is defending well.
Urameshi wants to get back to his feet.

Furioto is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Urameshi looks calm but he's in trouble here. Furioto gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Urameshi is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Furioto lets go of the hold and Urameshi can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Maximus Furioto!
Maximus Furioto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Yusuke Urameshi was interviewed post fight and said 'You shouldn't talk, it makes you sound stupid'.