PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Dejesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas Dejesus has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Shinya Aoki's chin.

Aoki
vs
Dejesus

175 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinya Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Douglas Dejesus!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Dejesus.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dejesus as he avoids it easily.

Dejesus scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dejesus prevents Aoki from getting the reversal.
Aoki bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Dejesus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aoki is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Aoki slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Aoki has hold of Dejesus's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Dejesus tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Aoki cranks the arm and Dejesus screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Dejesus, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Shinya Aoki!
Shinya Aoki was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.