PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiapo Okina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzo Hattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Hanzo Hattori enters the ring!

Okina
vs
Hattori

170 cm
22
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiapo Okina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hanzo Hattori!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okina misses with a takedown attempt - Hattori sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Okina shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hattori but Hattori pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Okina shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Okina was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Okina with the ground and pound from mount.
Hattori is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Okina is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hattori has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hattori is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hattori is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okina in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hattori wants to hold on but Okina pushes him away.
Hattori tries to reverse the position but Okina maintains control.
Okina fails to take his opponent's back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Okina landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Okina.

Hattori is rocked!
Okina trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hattori is still in real trouble! Can Okina finish him?
Hattori tries to hold on but Okina pushes him away.

Okina has control of Hattori's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hattori regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Hattori seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okina punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hattori's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hattori is in all sorts of trouble here.
Okina wants to control the pace but Hattori is squirming around nicely.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Okina has control of Hattori's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hattori regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Okina is breathing heavily.
Hattori wants to hold on but Okina pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Okina is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hattori is surviving well by controlling Okina's body position as best he can.
Okina landing strikes from the mount and Hattori is in trouble!
Hattori is trying to escape the mount.
Okina avoids the attempt from Hattori to control.
Okina trying to control but Hattori is having none of it.
Okina is landing with some decent strikes but Hattori is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hattori tries to hold on but Okina postures up.

Hattori defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Okina.
Hattori is squirming around, avoiding Okina's attempts to control the action.
Okina punishing his opponent with strikes.

Okina looking to secure an arm triangle but Hattori defends it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Okina throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Hattori has his hands clasped together but Okina breaks the hold and Hattori is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Okina!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hiapo Okina!