PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Habana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philipo Taito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Habana
vs
Taito

191 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Habana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Philipo Taito!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Taito. That's going to slow Habana down.

Habana manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Taito on his heels. He'll look to pass Taito's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Habana is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Taito really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Habana. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Habana throws a big right hand that misses.
Habana tries to free his leg and advance position but Taito is retaining full guard.

Habana drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Habana as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Taito screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Habana! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bryan Habana!