PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Unto Haikio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Ogawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Unto Haikio looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Haikio
vs
Ogawa

176 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Unto Haikio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Riku Ogawa!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haikio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ogawa can't do much from the bottom here.

Haikio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ogawa, who protects the arm well.
Ogawa wants to control but Haikio postures up.
Ogawa tries to improve position but can't.
Ogawa manages to work his way to half guard, despite Haikio's best efforts.
Ogawa is looking to control Haikio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ogawa avoid being mounted?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haikio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Haikio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ogawa's waist but Ogawa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Haikio off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ogawa changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Haikio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Haikio is breathing heavily.
Ogawa works to advance to full mount. Haikio defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Ogawa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Haikio is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ogawa controlling his opponent.
Ogawa wants to take Haikio's back but he can't do it this time.
Ogawa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Ogawa with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogawa controlling from mount.

Ogawa swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Riku Ogawa!