PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jukko Tupola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Iwasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tupola
vs
Iwasaki

170 cm
22
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
174 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jukko Tupola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiro Iwasaki!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tupola looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tupola thows a huge punch but Iwasaki dodges it nicely.

Tupola is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tupola not doing much here.
Iwasaki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tupola.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tupola seems to be working for a kimura but Iwasaki defends the submission attempt.
Tupola working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tupola is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Iwasaki is not content to let Tupola control the position.
Tupola has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Iwasaki wants to get back to his feet.
Tupola frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tupola pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tupola postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Iwasaki looks a forlorn figure.

Iwasaki is rocked!
Tupola putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Iwasaki is still in real trouble! Can Tupola finish him?

It looks like Hiro Iwasaki has been cut.
Tupola has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Iwasaki's face.
Iwasaki looks gassed!

Tupola looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tupola scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Iwasaki in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That has opened up Hiro Iwasaki's cut even more.
Tupola landing strikes, looking to finish!

The cut above Hiro Iwasaki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tupola lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tupola unloading with bombs!

Hiro Iwasaki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hiro Iwasaki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jukko Tupola!