PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roger Bingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minamoto Yoshiie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Bingham
vs
Yoshiie

170 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Bingham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Minamoto Yoshiie!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshiie tries to clinch up but Bingham circles away and keeps his distance.
Yoshiie throws a series of punches but Bingham moves out of range.
Yoshiie fails with the takedown.
Yoshiie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yoshiie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Yoshiie shoots in but Bingham avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yoshiie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bingham but Bingham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Roger Bingham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minamoto Yoshiie.

Yoshiie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Yoshiie looks gassed!
Yoshiie controls Bingham momentarily but Bingham frees himself.
Bingham tries to free his leg and advance position but Yoshiie is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bingham slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bingham advances to half guard.

Bingham gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Bingham scores with a takedown into Yoshiie's guard.
Yoshiie wants to sweep but no luck.
Bingham looking to pass the guard.
Yoshiie is pulling down on Bingham's head. It's preventing any offense from Bingham, at least for the moment.
Yoshiie punching to the body, from the bottom.
Yoshiie working a defensive guard here.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiie fails with the takedown

and Bingham counters with a takedown into side control.

Bingham is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Yoshiie is trying to escape and Bingham transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Yoshiie is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bingham! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roger Bingham!