PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masao Gensai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Yokihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yokihiro has chosen Yoky Entrance as his entrance music. Masao Gensai could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kazushi Yokihiro's chin.

Gensai
vs
Yokihiro

182 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masao Gensai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Yokihiro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokihiro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gensai.
Gensai looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gensai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Yokihiro scores with a takedown into Gensai's guard.
Yokihiro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gensai's guard.

Gensai is defending against the submission attempts here by Yokihiro.
Yokihiro is keen to just control but Gensai is a slippery customer.

Yokihiro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yokihiro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gensai keeps working.
Yokihiro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yokihiro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yokihiro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yokihiro works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yokihiro throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Yokihiro working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Gensai looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Yokihiro! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kazushi Yokihiro!