PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between larry hella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hawaiian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

hella
vs
Assassin

176 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, larry hella !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hawaiian Assassin!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Assassin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

hella is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

hella is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Assassin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
hella looking to control.
Assassin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of hella 's head.
hella working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Assassin.

Assassin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

hella shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Assassin isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. hella stacks Assassin on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by hella !
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
hella trying to control the action but Assassin is working from the bottom.

hella is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Assassin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hella is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hella in side control, throwing shots but Assassin defends.
hella blocks the strikes from Assassin.
Assassin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Assassin trying to control from the bottom.

hella is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
hella knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Assassin on the ground.
Assassin gets back to full guard.
Assassin punching from the bottom - just letting hella know he's still in a fight.

Assassin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

hella avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Assassin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Assassin working for a triangle but hella defends it easily.

Assassin working for a triangle but hella defends it easily.
Assassin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assassin is nestled in close to hella , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Assassin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Assassin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Assassin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
hella avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Assassin.

Assassin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

hella is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Assassin pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Assassin prevents hella from improving his position.
hella trying to hold on to Assassin's head to control him but Assassin postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Assassin misses with a wild combination.

Assassin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
hella is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Assassin scores with a couple of nice shots.
hella is not content to let Assassin control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assassin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for hella !
hella is bucking up trying to escape but Assassin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hawaiian Assassin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Assassin feints and as hella raises his hands in defense, Assassin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Assassin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Assassin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of hella 's head.
Assassin postures up in hella 's guard and throws a big left but hella blocks it.
Assassin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Assassin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

hella throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Assassin stands up over hella , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Assassin chips away with some ground and pound.

hella is looking for a triangle but Assassin pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Assassin lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Assassin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Assassin lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.

hella is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Assassin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Assassin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hawaiian Assassin has got the better of the ground game so far.
hella throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Assassin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of hella 's head.
hella is trying to keep Assassin in close.
hella thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Assassin scores a takedown into full mount!
Assassin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
hella swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Assassin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
hella wants to hold on but Assassin pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hella keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Assassin unloading with bombs!
Assassin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. hella looks a forlorn figure.
Assassin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Assassin with the ground and pound from mount.

Assassin throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! hella has his hands clasped together but Assassin breaks the hold and hella is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Assassin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hawaiian Assassin!