PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Yvel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Clayton struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yvel
vs
Clayton

200 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

198 cm
19
290 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alistair Yvel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Clayton!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clayton throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Clayton misses its intended target.
Clayton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yvel lands a nice shot that snaps Clayton's head back.
Yvel lands an overhand right.
Yvel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clayton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yvel.
Yvel leaves Clayton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Clayton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Yvel missing with punches from the bottom.
Yvel is pressing down on Clayton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Yvel is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Clayton frees his head nicely. Oh but Yvel has switched to an armbar! Clayton is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Alistair Yvel!