PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Noriaki Ueyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roi Vincent Eli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noriaki Ueyama has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ueyama
vs
Vincent Eli

168 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noriaki Ueyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roi Vincent Eli!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ueyama shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Eli looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Ueyama working for a guillotine from mount but Eli is in no mood to give up.

Ueyama has hold of Eli's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Eli manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ueyama avoids the attempt from Eli to control.
Ueyama unloading with bombs!
Ueyama looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ueyama connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ueyama trying to control but Eli is having none of it.
BOOM! Ueyama connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueyama scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eli?
Eli tries to lock up and control but Ueyama gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Ueyama.
Ueyama with good strikes from the mount here!

Eli is rocked!
Eli is trying to reverse the position but instead Ueyama has taken his back - oops!
Ueyama has good solid back control here.

Eli is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ueyama gets his way!
Eli looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Ueyama has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Eli! Can he survive? No! He's out! Ueyama gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Noriaki Ueyama!