PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hung Cuong Huynh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maya has chosen Razor as his entrance music. The key to victory for Hung Cuong Huynh has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cuong Huynh
vs
Maya

190 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
203 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hung Cuong Huynh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Maya!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huynh moves in looking to clinch but Maya pushes him off.
Maya shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Huynh defends it nicely.
Huynh throws a hook to the side of Maya's head but Maya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maya fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Huynh throws a jab but it's blocked by Maya.
Huynh misses with a wild body shot.
Hung Cuong Huynh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Huynh.
Huynh misses with a body shot.
Huynh looks to land a left hand but Maya moved out of range nicely.
Maya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huynh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maya moves out of range of the strikes.
Maya moves out of range as Huynh strikes.
Huynh misses with an uppercut. Maya saw that one coming.
Huynh throws an overhand right that lands on Maya's shoulder, as Maya tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maya.
Huynh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Huynh.

Huynh gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Huynh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Huynh tries to get out of the position.

Maya drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maya jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Huynh being controlled here, momentarily.

Maya drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maya jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Maya content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maya forces his way into half guard.

Maya has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Huynh defend it? Maya steps over the head and cranks it - Huynh is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Maya!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Damian Maya!