PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omori Takahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trojan Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trojan Hussain is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Takahara
vs
Hussain

205 cm
25
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Omori Takahara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trojan Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Takahara fails to land with a series of punches.
Hussain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takahara manages to avoid it.

Hussain clinches with his opponent.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain avoids a kick to the body.
Hussain shoots in looking for a takedown. Takahara tries to sprawl out of it but Hussain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Takahara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Takahara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Takahara really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Takahara.
Takahara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hussain pinned against the cage. Hussain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Hussain moves into the clinch successfully.
Hussain jumps guard but Takahara turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hussain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takahara throws a nice looking combination but Hussain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hussain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Omori Takahara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trojan Hussain.
Takahara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Takahara throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hussain fails with a takedown attempt.
Hussain blocks a head kick by Takahara.
Takahara misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Horrible takedown by Hussain or perhaps it was just good defense by Takahara which made him look bad.
Takahara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hussain pinned against the cage. Hussain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Takahara gets tackled into the cage by Hussain. Hussain maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hussain jumps guard and drags Takahara to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Takahara drops back looking for a leg! Hussain is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hussain manages to kick Takahara off! Takahara jumps back into Hussain's guard.
Takahara is fighting to break Hussain's control of his arms but Hussain is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Takahara trying to control but Hussain is working from the bottom.
Hussain tries to strike from the bottom.
Takahara slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussain manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hussain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Takahara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain not doing much here.
Hussain is keen to just control but Takahara is a slippery customer.

Takahara has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Hussain. Oh but Takahara has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Hussain goes limp - he's gone! Takahara jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Omori Takahara!