PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yanis Pichurin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Despoutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Pichurin
vs
Despoutt

178 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yanis Pichurin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Despoutt!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Despoutt.
Despoutt stuffs the takedown attempt from Pichurin. Pichurin gets slowly back to his feet.
Paul Despoutt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Despoutt misses with a body kick.
Despoutt throws a combination. Pichurin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
No joy there for Despoutt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Despoutt looks to land a combination. Pichurin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Despoutt tries for a takedown but Pichurin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Despoutt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pichurin checks a leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Despoutt scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Despoutt tries to sprawl but Pichurin drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Despoutt is not content to let Pichurin control the position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yanis Pichurin!