PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Musashi (ranked 3063 p4p, 2015 weight class) and Clay Hayden (ranked 370 p4p, 250 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Musashi
vs
Hayden

180 cm
29
165
8 - 4 - 0

174 cm
27
164
4 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Clay Hayden!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi shoots in looking for a takedown but Hayden manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Musashi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
An inside leg kick lands from Hayden.
Hayden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Musashi fails to land the takedown.
Hayden changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Musashi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
It seemed like Hayden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Musashi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hayden stuffs the takedown attempt from Musashi. Musashi gets slowly back to his feet.
Musashi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hayden sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Musashi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Musashi showed some decent athleticism there.

Musashi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hayden is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Musashi seems content to control.
Musashi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Musashi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hayden's head.
Hayden is refusing to be controlled, as Musashi sits in half guard.

Musashi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hayden defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Musashi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hayden defends it well.
Musashi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Musashi wants to control but Hayden is keeping him busy.
Musashi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Musashi wants to pass the guard but Hayden is defending well.
Hayden is trying to control but can't.
Hayden is refusing to be controlled, as Musashi sits in half guard.
Hayden is looking to get back to full guard here but Musashi has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Musashi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hayden is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Musashi goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hayden rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Musashi's guard! Nice work there by Hayden!
Musashi trying to control the position.
Hayden sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Musashi pulls Hayden in close to his closed guard and prevents Hayden from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayden with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Musashi pulls Hayden in close to prevent any damage.

Hayden is posturing up here but Musashi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Hayden tries to roll out but it's too tight and Hayden has to tap! Slick submission there by Musashi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joe Musashi!