PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Grimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshi Doi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi Doi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Grimes
vs
Doi

170 cm
20
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rick Grimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshi Doi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grimes swivels and escapes.
Doi throws a wild body kick that Grimes sees coming a mile off.
Doi dives in and grabs Grimes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Grimes pushes down on Doi's head and hops out.
Doi throws a head kick that misses
enabling Grimes to counter with a crisp jab.
Doi fails to land the takedown.
Rick Grimes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshi Doi.
Grimes feints and then cracks Doi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Doi down.
Doi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grimes lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Yoshi Doi has been cut.
Grimes fails to land with a series of punches.
Doi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grimes sprawls well. Grimes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Doi gets slowly back to his feet.
Grimes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Doi looks gassed!
Doi tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes looks to land a combination. Doi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Doi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grimes.
Doi has his takedown stuffed
and Grimes counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Doi is rocked!
Grimes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doi is still on wobbly legs! Can Grimes finish him?
Doi shoots in looking for a takedown but Grimes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Doi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Doi seems to have recovered his senses.
Grimes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yoshi Doi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grimes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Grimes counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Doi badly! Grimes follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Doi out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Grimes finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rick Grimes!