PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pens Julver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nimith Luanglathay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Julver
vs
Luanglathay

167 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
131 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pens Julver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nimith Luanglathay!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luanglathay looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Julver is fending him off so far but Luanglathay persists. Nope, Julver circles away and we're back to standing.

Luanglathay scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Luanglathay is keen to just control but Julver is a slippery customer.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Julver is looking to improve his position.
Luanglathay trying to control from half guard but Julver is working away.

Julver looking for a kimura from the bottom but Luanglathay passes into side control!

Luanglathay stands up.
Luanglathay blocks a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Julver. No joy for Luanglathay on that attempt.
Julver moves in looking to clinch but Luanglathay pushes him off.

Luanglathay has closed the distance and engaged Julver in a clinch.

Luanglathay breaks the clinch.
Luanglathay throws a right and a left that both miss.

Luanglathay shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Luanglathay looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julver is trying to control the position but Luanglathay postures up.
Luanglathay trying to control the position from guard on top but Julver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luanglathay would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Julver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Julver scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Luanglathay staying out of range there.
Julver with a hook.
Julver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luanglathay manages to avoid it.
Julver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luanglathay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Luanglathay counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Luanglathay.
Julver is trying to keep Luanglathay in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luanglathay gets to his feet - Julver follows without any prompting.
Luanglathay shoots in and drives through. Julver sprawls well.
Pens Julver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nimith Luanglathay.
Luanglathay swinging wilding here.
Luanglathay throws a shot to the body.
Julver misses with a lunging right hand

and Luanglathay counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Julver's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is working from the bottom.
Luanglathay throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Julver works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Julver being controlled here, momentarily.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is working from the bottom.

Julver looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay connects with a couple of short punches.

Luanglathay decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pens Julver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick there by Luanglathay.
Pens Julver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luanglathay lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Luanglathay misses with a body punch
and Julver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Julver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Luanglathay counters by clinching up.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Luanglathay pulls guard.
Julver trying to control but Luanglathay is working from the bottom.
Julver stands and throws Luanglathay's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Julver is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luanglathay has escaped the position, nice work there.
Luanglathay takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julver staying calm.

Julver looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Julver tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Julver has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Luanglathay is not content to let Julver control the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Julver stalling.
Julver is nestled in close to Luanglathay, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Julver is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Luanglathay has managed to free his arm - good work.
Luanglathay trying to hold on to Julver's head to control him but Julver postures up.
Luanglathay is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Luanglathay controlling the position for now.

Julver is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Luanglathay is just riding it out for now. Julver eventually gives up the hold.
Julver trying to pass the guard but Luanglathay defending well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Julver waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Luanglathay.
Julver misses with a lunging right hand

and Luanglathay counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Luanglathay forces his way into half guard.
Luanglathay is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Julver looking for submissions off his back.
Julver wants to get back to full guard.
Julver is controlling Luanglathay's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Luanglathay prevents Julver from standing back up.
Luanglathay wants to take a breather but Julver is having none of it.
Julver keeping hold of Luanglathay's head, controlling as best he can.
Julver is looking to control Luanglathay's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Julver avoid being mounted?

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Julver lands a lovely overhand right.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Julver.
Julver misses with a left hand
letting Luanglathay counter with a right hand.
Julver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Julver looks to land a left hand but Luanglathay moved out of range nicely.
Luanglathay needs to keep his hands up - Julver had a free shot at his head there.
Julver misses with a straight left.
Julver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Julver missing with a left hand there. Luanglathay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Julver scores with a nice strike.
Julver cracks Luanglathay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Julver looks to land a left hand but Luanglathay moved out of range nicely.
Julver throws a jab but it's blocked by Luanglathay.

Luanglathay shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Luanglathay was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Luanglathay goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Julver turns into him and now he's in Luanglathay's guard.
Julver would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luanglathay lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Julver!
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is having none of it.
Luanglathay controlling the pace for now.
Luanglathay trying to control but Julver is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Luanglathay is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Luanglathay extends the arm and Julver is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nimith Luanglathay!