PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuhiro Ryohida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koshi Tatsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koshi Tatsu has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ryohida
vs
Tatsu

180 cm
23
176 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Evil Spirit Clothing Co. (KOF partner)

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuhiro Ryohida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koshi Tatsu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryohida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatsu manages to avoid it.
Ryohida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatsu has a takedown stuffed.
Ryohida has his takedown stuffed
and Tatsu counters with a nice uppercut.
Tatsu with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ryohida counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ryohida trying to control the position from guard on top but Tatsu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ryohida drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ryohida jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ryohida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ryohida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tatsu working for submissions but it's allowed Ryohida to get to half guard.
Tatsu looks gassed!
Ryohida seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ryohida works his way into full mount!
Ryohida unloading with bombs!
Ryohida looking to control but Tatsu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ryohida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ryohida controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ryohida scoring with strikes but Tatsu is staying in there.

Ryohida is working for a guillotine from mount but Tatsu frees his head quite easily.
Ryohida with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsu is looking to improve his position but Ryohida isn't that keen on the idea.
Ryohida landing punches.
Ryohida landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Ryohida connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tatsu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ryohida cracks Tatsu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ryohida postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tatsu looks a forlorn figure.

Tatsu is rocked!
Tatsu is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tatsu is still in real trouble! Can Ryohida finish him?

Ryohida working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Tatsu turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Ryohida off and cradles Tatsu's limp body as Ryohida celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Kazuhiro Ryohida!