PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Yabal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yabal has chosen New Divide, Linkin Park as his entrance music. Thomas has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Paul Thomas had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thomas
vs
Yabal

175 cm
26
135 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

170 cm
28
141 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Hannu Yabal!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yabal clinches with his opponent.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Yabal lands an elbow inside.
Yabal with a knee to the head.
Yabal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yabal.
Yabal scores a nice knee to the body.
Yabal lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Yabal.
Yabal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yabal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thomas's defenses.
Yabal lands an elbow inside.
Thomas letting Yabal take a breather here.
Yabal working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Yabal lands a nice elbow.

Yabal gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Yabal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thomas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Thomas looking for submissions off his back.
Yabal trying to control the action but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Yabal works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yabal looking to secure an arm triangle but Thomas defends it well.
Yabal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yabal mounts Thomas! Really nice guard pass there!
Yabal is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thomas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yabal cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Yabal looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yabal wants to take Thomas's back here but Thomas is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Yabal punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to get to half guard.

Yabal is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Thomas is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hannu Yabal!