PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hughes (ranked 4274 p4p, 4550 weight class) and Ismail Yildiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hughes
vs
Yildiz

180 cm
18
147
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ismail Yildiz!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes connects with a single shot there.

Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there.
Hughes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yildiz holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Let's hope that Yildiz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Yildiz.
Yildiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hughes wants to take a breather but Yildiz is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yildiz controlling the position well.
Yet more stalling tactics from Yildiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yildiz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yildiz keeping hold of Hughes's head, controlling as best he can.

Yildiz is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Hughes is tapping! Great win for Yildiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ismail Yildiz!