PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yoshida Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Horiaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horiaki has chosen Darude - Sand Storm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Yoshida Gomi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gomi
vs
Horiaki

173 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

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 Tokyo, Yoshida Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Horiaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horiaki misses with a head kick.
Gomi looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Gomi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horiaki tries for a takedown but Gomi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Horiaki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Horiaki moves nicely into side control.

Horiaki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gomi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gomi is looking to get back to his feet here but Horiaki is keeping cool and he's managed to take Gomi's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here.

Horiaki has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Gomi! Can he survive? No! He's out! Horiaki 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 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shinya Horiaki!