PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Ottway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Murofushi (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!

Ottway
vs
Murofushi

189 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Ottway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Murofushi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murofushi misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murofushi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murofushi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ottway's head.
Murofushi leaves Ottway with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Murofushi drops Ottway with a left right combo! Murofushi follows him down to the ground into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ottway tries to improve position but can't.
Murofushi trying to control the position but Ottway is working away.
Ottway is looking to regain half guard here but Murofushi keeps moving and retains side control.

Murofushi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ottway is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murofushi wants to control but Ottway is keeping him busy.
Ottway is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murofushi has an Americana. Ottway didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Murofushi is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Murofushi hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kenji Murofushi!
Kenji Murofushi tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.