PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Tremaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremaine is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fucking In The Bushes. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sato
vs
Tremaine

181 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryu Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tremaine!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sato tries to clinch there but Tremaine circles away.
Sato wants to clinch.

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

Sato looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Sato is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tremaine can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Sato has hold of Tremaine's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tremaine manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tremaine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Tremaine is defending well.

Sato is trying to work for a kimura but Tremaine is defending well.
Sato is breathing heavily.
Tremaine is looking to improve his position.
Sato looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sato trying to pass the guard but Tremaine defending well.
Tremaine is trying to get back to full guard.
Tremaine is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Sato thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tremaine's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Tremaine instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Tremaine.
Tremaine leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tremaine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sato is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tremaine slows down the pace here.

Sato is fighting off a takedown attempt but Tremaine is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sato to the mat. Sato regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Tremaine wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tremaine wants to stand but Sato has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremaine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tremaine preventing the sweep.
Tremaine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Sato working for a triangle but Tremaine defends it easily.
Tremaine cracks Sato with a solid left hand.

Sato is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Tremaine has his hands clasped together but Sato extends an breaks Tremaine's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Sato.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryu Sato!