PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikheil Berishvili (ranked 4385 p4p, 4382 weight class) and Kinley Yeshuati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berishvili comes into the arena with Acharuli Gandagana blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Berishvili
vs
Yeshuati

159 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
138
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 Montreal, Mikheil Berishvili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kinley Yeshuati!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yeshuati closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Berishvili did well to prevent Yeshuati getting side control.

Yeshuati is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Yeshuati is stalling here. Berishvili is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Yeshuati seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Berishvili has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Yeshuati struggling a bit here.
Yeshuati tries to buck Berishvili off but Berishvili is having none of it.
Yeshuati is not content to let Berishvili control the position.
Yeshuati is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berishvili trying to control the action but Yeshuati is working from the bottom.
Yeshuati manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yeshuati seems to be looking for submissions.

Yeshuati is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Yeshuati is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Yeshuati is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Berishvili sees it coming and defends easily.

Yeshuati seems to be working for a kimura but Berishvili defends the submission attempt.
Berishvili is looking to control Yeshuati's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Berishvili avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ground and pound from Yeshuati.

Yeshuati is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Berishvili wants to control but Yeshuati is keeping busy.

Berishvili looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Yeshuati seems to be working for a kimura but Berishvili defends the submission attempt.

Yeshuati trying to work for an americana but Berishvili has managed to regain full guard.

Yeshuati drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Berishvili dives on top into guard.

Berishvili passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yeshuati wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Berishvili has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Yeshuati's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Yeshuati is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Berishvili!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mikheil Berishvili!
After winning the bout, Mikheil Berishvili thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.