PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuya Inoue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inoue comes to the cage accompanied by Viikate - Viina, terva & hauta. Saint has chosen Be Aggresive by Faith No More as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Inoue
vs
Saint

198 cm
27
215 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

188 cm
27
210 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuya Inoue!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint throws a push kick but Inoue slaps the foot to one side.
Saint is looking to score with low kicks.
Saint lands a nice looking body shot.
Saint throws a poor cross that misses
and Inoue counters with a leg kick.
Inoue swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Inoue is just out of range.
A big left from Saint misses.
Inoue misses the shot to the body.
Inoue steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saint.
Saint tries to clinch up.
Inoue works Saint's body with a nice hook.
Saint takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Inoue defending well as Saint loads up on a big left hand.
Saint throws a big shot that misses.
Saint bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Saint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saint connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saint turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Inoue throws out the jab.
Inoue avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saint stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Saint wants it to stay on the feet.
Inoue on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saint. Saint obviously looking to wear him down.
Saint rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Inoue moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yuya Inoue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Inoue.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saint lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Inoue has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Inoue and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saint checks a low kick from Inoue.
Inoue shoots in for a takedown but Saint shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Inoue misses with a body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Inoue. Saint shrugs it off though.
Inoue looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
Saint sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Inoue scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Saint tries to bench press Inoue off him but Inoue keeps the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Inoue is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Saint knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Saint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Inoue tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Inoue has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Saint manages to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Inoue wants to work for an arm triangle but Saint is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Saint trying to hold on to Inoue's head to control him but Inoue postures up.
Saint wants to improve his position but Inoue is controlling well.
Saint gets full guard.

Saint has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Inoue can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint trying to control the position.

Saint working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Inoue doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Inoue manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Inoue slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Inoue works to advance to full mount. Saint defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Saint is looking to improve his position but Inoue isn't that keen on the idea.
Saint is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Inoue looking for a guillotine from mount but Saint is having none of it.
Inoue moves to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saint preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Inoue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Saint is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Inoue is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Saint is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yuya Inoue!
Yuya Inoue retains his light heavyweight title!
Yuya Inoue bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.