PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between jose aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nishio Hiotaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jose aldo looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

aldo
vs
Hiotaki

168 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, jose aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nishio Hiotaki!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiotaki circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hiotaki shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. aldo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
aldo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Hiotaki gets to his feet - aldo follows without any prompting.
Hiotaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
aldo scores with a head kick.
aldo is breathing heavily.
Hiotaki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hiotaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hiotaki gets the takedown into side control.
aldo trying to remain calm as Hiotaki controls from the top position.

Hiotaki stands up and beckons aldo to his feet.

aldo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hiotaki drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Hiotaki seems to have locked his on tight now - aldo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Hiotaki, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Nishio Hiotaki!