PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eli Armis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fei Yue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mortal Kombat Theme. Fei Yue has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eli Armis's chin.

Armis
vs
Yue

165 cm
22
145 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

150 cm
26
147 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eli Armis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fei Yue!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yue jabs Armis right on the nose. Armis blinks but takes it well.
Armis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yue displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Armis throws out the jab.
Yue bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Armis tries to move into range but Yue moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yue uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Armis misses with a takedown attempt
and Yue counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Armis misses with a takedown

and Yue counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Armis is rocked!
Yue passes to full mount!
Oh Armis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yue takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Armis seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yue pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yue raining down shots from the mount!
Armis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yue controlling his opponent.
Yue has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Armis is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yue controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Yue has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Yue lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Armis hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armis is looking to improve his position but Yue isn't that keen on the idea.
Yue controlling his opponent.
Armis is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yue landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yue unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Armis wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Yue celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fei Yue!
Fei Yue is the new bantamweight champion!
A relieved looking Fei Yue thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.