PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobuyuki Aizawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kasyo Sipat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aizawa
vs
Sipat

183 cm
24
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nobuyuki Aizawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kasyo Sipat!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sipat on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Kasyo Sipat has been cut.
Aizawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Aizawa. Those never looked like landing.

Aizawa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aizawa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sipat lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aizawa has momentary wrist control but Sipat slips an elbow through the middle.
Aizawa wants to stand and escape but Sipat is having none of it.
Sipat slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sipat prevents Aizawa from getting back to his feet.
Sipat scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sipat postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sipat scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aizawa wants to stand but Sipat is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sipat trying to control the position from guard on top but Aizawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sipat advances to half guard.
Sipat is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sipat lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Sipat is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Aizawa defends it well.

Sipat wants to work for an arm triangle but Aizawa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Sipat is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Aizawa has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sipat controlling the action here.
Aizawa taking some punishment here, with Sipat in his half guard.

Sipat looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sipat drops an elbow to the side of Aizawa's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sipat is looking to take a break and control but Aizawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sipat is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Aizawa is not content to let Sipat control the position.
Aizawa has hold of Sipat's hands but Sipat slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Aizawa wants to get back to his feet.
Aizawa wants to stand back up but Sipat manages to pass into side control.
Aizawa is breathing heavily.

Sipat tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sipat has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sipat creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sipat lands some shots froms side control.
Sipat taking a breather here.
Sipat has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sipat cracks Aizawa with a big right hand but Aizawa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sipat landing a few strikes.
Aizawa is pushing Sipat's head away, looking to escape. Sipat manages to hold on to the position though.
Aizawa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasyo Sipat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kasyo Sipat's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sipat closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Aizawa did well to prevent Sipat getting side control.
Aizawa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sipat.
Aizawa tries to kick Sipat off in order to stand up. Sipat Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Aizawa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Sipat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sipat lands a decent elbow from side control.
Aizawa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Aizawa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sipat scores with punches from side control.

Sipat is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Aizawa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sipat is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aizawa has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sipat working the head with strikes.
Sipat landing strikes.
Aizawa is trying to get back to his feet.
Aizawa takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Sipat tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sipat has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Sipat is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aizawa has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sipat in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sipat looks up at the clock and then as Aizawa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sipat smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Aizawa is trying to get back to his feet.
Sipat works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sipat scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Aizawa to see if he's OK.
Aizawa taking punishment in the form of punches.

Sipat has hold of Aizawa's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Aizawa seems comfortable defending it but Sipat has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Aizawa is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Aizawa is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Sipat couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kasyo Sipat!