PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Logan Gibroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Crotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crotch has chosen Why Can't We Be Friends? by War as his entrance music. Logan Gibroni has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gibroni
vs
Crotch

172 cm
19
141 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

150 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 Tokyo, Logan Gibroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Crotch!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibroni plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gibroni closes the distance and clinches up with Crotch, looking for a takedown. Gibroni pushes Crotch against the cage but Crotch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crotch takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gibroni fails to land with a series of punches.
Crotch takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gibroni scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Crotch is rocked!
Gibroni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gibroni throws a right hand that Crotch ducks under and follows up with a left that Crotch also avoids with ease.
Gibroni misses with a wild combination.
Gibroni tries to bum rush Crotch with a series of wild strikes but Crotch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck for Gibroni with that takedown attempt.
Gibroni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gibroni swinging wilding here.
Gibroni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crotch.

Gibroni shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crotch's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gibroni keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crotch's head.
Crotch is still in real trouble! Can Gibroni finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crotch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Crotch seems to have recovered his senses.

Gibroni is posturing up here but Crotch has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Gibroni tries to roll out but it's too tight and Gibroni has to tap! Slick submission there by Crotch!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Richard Crotch!