PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Vettel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuki Furuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Furuta's choice of entrance music: Vad skulle mamma säga - Lillasyster. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Vettel
vs
Furuta

197 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
24
218 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyler Vettel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuki Furuta!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettel fails to land with a series of punches.
Furuta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Furuta defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vettel.

Furuta clinches up with Vettel and pushes him back against the cage.

Furuta gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Vettel regains guard.
Furuta wants to stand but Vettel is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Furuta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vettel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Furuta is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Furuta wants to stand but Vettel has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Furuta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furuta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Furuta stays in close to Vettel's body and controls the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Furuta darts in looking for a takedown but Vettel gets double underhooks and turns Furuta into the cage.
Vettel appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Furuta clinches up against the cage.
Furuta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Furuta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vettel.
Vettel is breathing heavily.

Furuta gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Vettel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Furuta is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Vettel is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tsuki Furuta!
Tsuki Furuta thanked the fans post fight for their support.