PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gregor Clegane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horiato Hayato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregor Clegane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clegane
vs
Hayato

160 cm
23
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

164 cm
22
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregor Clegane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horiato Hayato!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayato slaps away a takedown attempt from Clegane, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Hayato scores a takedown into full mount!
Clegane working to try and regain half guard.
Hayato unloading with bombs!
Hayato lands with some strikes.
Hayato pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hayato lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clegane hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayato lands a heavy elbow.

Clegane is rocked!
Clegane is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hayato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Hayato.
Clegane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hayato lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clegane is wriggling around trying to escape.
Clegane is working hard here to advance position.
Hayato tries to control but Clegane wriggling away.
Hayato working the ground and pound effectively.
Hayato with the ground and pound from mount.
Hayato cracks Clegane with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Clegane swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hayato lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hayato pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hayato postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clegane looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Clegane is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hayato punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hayato postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clegane looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayato pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hayato raining down shots from the mount!
Clegane seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayato with the ground and pound from mount.
Clegane is bucking up trying to escape but Hayato cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Clegane takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Clegane can't escape the position.
Clegane is in a horrible position here. Hayato smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hayato really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Clegane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clegane is desperately trying to improve his position but Hayato has a good base and remains in mount.
You get the feeling that Clegane really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hayato raining down shots from the mount!
Hayato landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hayato is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Clegane can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hayato raining down shots from the mount!
Clegane tries to reverse the position but Hayato maintains control.
Hayato lands a big elbow.
Hayato scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Clegane?
Hayato is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hayato lands a heavy elbow.
Hayato landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hayato cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hayato with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clegane wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Clegane is breathing heavily.
Hayato landing strikes from the mount.
Hayato raining down shots from the mount!

Hayato is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Clegane can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Clegane in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Clegane sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clegane is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hayato scores with a couple of nice shots.

Clegane looking for submissions off his back.
Clegane keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horiato Hayato dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Clegane doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hayato counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hayato.

Hayato stands up from Clegane's guard - Hayato perhaps looking for a knockout.
Clegane misses with a takedown attempt

and Hayato counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clegane wants to get back to his feet.
Hayato is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hayato is nestled in close to Clegane, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hayato drops an elbow to the side of Clegane's head.
Hayato lands strikes from half guard.
Clegane taking some punishment here, with Hayato in his half guard.
Hayato working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hayato working over Clegane with some ground and pound. Clegane looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Clegane is pressing down on Hayato's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hayato cracks Clegane with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hayato's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clegane escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hayato gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hayato with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hayato stopping the sweep attempt from Clegane.

Hayato stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hayato lands a nice hook to Clegane's body. Clegane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Hayato shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Clegane's guard.
Hayato lands a couple of elbows.
Hayato works over Clegane with some ground and pound from guard.
Hayato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hayato is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hayato would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Clegane is looking for a triangle but Hayato pushes his legs off easily.

Hayato gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Clegane gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hayato to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayato postures up in Clegane's guard and throws a big left but Clegane blocks it.

Clegane is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Hayato rolls with it to try and escape but Clegane cranks on the arm and Hayato is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gregor Clegane!