PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nakamora Yenseki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yenseki's entrance music is Sick Puppies-Youre going down. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yenseki
vs
Houzo

185 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

177 cm
27
192 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nakamora Yenseki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maek Houzo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yenseki manages to avoid it.
Houzo staying out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yenseki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yenseki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yenseki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Houzo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yenseki.
Yenseki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Houzo has time to react.
Yenseki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Houzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Yenseki circles away.

Houzo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Houzo throws an elbow but Yenseki slips to the side and avoids it well.
Yenseki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Houzo connects with a decent elbow.
Houzo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Houzo working the ground and pound but Yenseki is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yenseki is trying to get back to half guard.
Yenseki is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Houzo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Houzo grinds an elbow into Yenseki's temple.
Houzo cracks Yenseki with a big elbow.
Houzo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Houzo scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houzo passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Yenseki!
Houzo raining down shots from the mount!
Houzo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yenseki tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Houzo is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Houzo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Maek Houzo!