PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aiko Hideyoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Niel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Hideyoshi
vs
Niel

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
19
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 Tokyo, Aiko Hideyoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyson Niel!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niel tries to clinch there but Hideyoshi circles away.
Niel tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hideyoshi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Niel wants to control the action here but instead Hideyoshi manages to pass to full mount!
Hideyoshi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Niel's face.
Hideyoshi controlling the position easily from mount.
Hideyoshi landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hideyoshi with a couple of short strikes.
Hideyoshi with good strikes from the mount here!
Hideyoshi landing punches.
Hideyoshi raining down hammerfists from mount.

Niel is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Hideyoshi locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Niel is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aiko Hideyoshi!
Aiko Hideyoshi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.