PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tanaka
vs
Luiz

190 cm
23
182 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Claudio Luiz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanaka circles away.

Tanaka closes the distance and clinches.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luiz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tanaka walks away with a smile on his face. Luiz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tanaka moves in looking to clinch but Luiz pushes him off.
Luiz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tanaka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Luiz counters with a left and a right that stings Tanaka.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Luiz counters with a stiff right hand.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt

and Luiz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Tanaka kicks Luiz off and gets to his feet.
Tanaka closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Luiz counter with a right hand.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Tanaka.
Tanaka closes the distance but Luiz moves to the side

and Luiz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Luiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Luiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanaka.
Tanaka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Claudio Luiz has been cut.
Luiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanaka with a knee to the head.
Tanaka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Luiz is rocked!
Tanaka lands a big knee! That's hurt Luiz! Oh, he's all over the place! Tanaka lands another knee that sends Luiz to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshihiro Tanaka!