PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yenki Okuzuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elan Morin Tedronai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okuzuna's entrance music is Scrapy - Weapons. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Okuzuna
vs
Morin Tedronai

174 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
149 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yenki Okuzuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elan Morin Tedronai !
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Okuzuna closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Okuzuna to work.
Okuzuna lands a damaging elbow.
Tedronai working aggressively here.
Tedronai misses with a hook to the ribs.

Okuzuna breaks from the clinch.
Tedronai misses with a wild body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tedronai struggles to land a body shot inside as Okuzuna controls his hands.

Okuzuna breaks the clinch.
Okuzuna avoids the body shot from Tedronai .
Okuzuna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Okuzuna throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tedronai tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Okuzuna is in Tedronai 's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okuzuna working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tedronai wants to sweep but no luck.
Tedronai looking to control.
Okuzuna wants to get up but he can't break Tedronai 's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Okuzuna postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Okuzuna throws a big elbow that misses.

Okuzuna has gone for a leg lock! Tedronai slips out almost immediately though and dives into Okuzuna's guard.
Tedronai trying to control but Okuzuna is working from the bottom.
Okuzuna wants to hit a switch here but Tedronai passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Okuzuna there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tedronai looking to control but Okuzuna is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Tedronai with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tedronai is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Okuzuna can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Tedronai jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Okuzuna manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tedronai moves into full mount!
Tedronai can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Okuzuna is looking to escape.
Okuzuna tries to reverse the position but Tedronai maintains control.

Tedronai has isolated one of Okuzuna's arms. Okuzuna looking to fight him off but Tedronai twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Elan Morin Tedronai !