PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Krame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krame
vs
Bravo

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

186 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Intelligent

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 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rafael Krame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Bravo as Krame shoots in.

Krame looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Bravo!
Krame lands some shots froms side control.
Krame trying to control the position but Bravo is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krame is really struggling to control Bravo but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bravo is trying to control Krame's posture but Krame avoids it.
Bravo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Krame has just dragged him back down to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krame lands a decent elbow from side control.
Krame working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Krame is chipping away with strikes.
Bravo bucks up and tries to throw Krame off but instead Krame has got his back!
Bravo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Krame. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krame landing with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A helpless look comes across Bravo 's face. He knows he's trapped as Krame lands a series of unanswered strikes. The ref steps in to stop the fight and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Krame!