PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pikku Salamamies (ranked 4247 p4p, 4277 weight class) and Slim Prince (ranked 251 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.

Salamamies
vs
Prince

160 cm
24
139
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
24
140
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pikku Salamamies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slim Prince!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamamies fails with the takedown
and Prince counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Prince scores with a jab. Salamamies acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salamamies shoots in for a double leg but Prince sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Prince scores with a jab to the body.
Salamamies walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salamamies shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pikku Salamamies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prince connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Salamamies's hands.
Prince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Salamamies fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Prince scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamamies drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Salamamies is rocked!
Salamamies fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Salamamies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Prince circles away.
Jab from Prince.
Oh Salamamies is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prince cracks Salamamies with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Prince fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salamamies looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Prince, as that shot connected.
Good standup being displayed there by Prince as he connects with a hook.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Prince enables Salamamies to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Prince manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Salamamies drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Salamamies jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Salamamies pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prince is keeping the position for now.

Salamamies is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Salamamies seems to have got his legs back now.

Salamamies 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. Salamamies seems to have locked his on tight now - Prince screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Salamamies, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Pikku Salamamies!
After the fight, Pikku Salamamies was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.