PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alonso Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamma Yahyaoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yahyaoui is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hero. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Calhoun
vs
Yahyaoui

162 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
133 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alonso Calhoun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hamma Yahyaoui!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Yahyaoui.

Yahyaoui rushes Calhoun and presses him up against the cage.
Calhoun is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yahyaoui is defending well for now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Calhoun.
Yahyaoui is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Calhoun is keeping busy.
Yahyaoui is trying to force a seperation but Calhoun has the dominant position.

Yahyaoui manages to break the clinch.

Yahyaoui rushes Calhoun and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Calhoun is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yahyaoui to keep the fight standing.
Calhoun fails to pull guard.
Calhoun stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A frustrated look appears on Yahyaoui's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yahyaoui working aggressively here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Calhoun manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Calhoun is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yahyaoui defends well.

Yahyaoui has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Calhoun to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Yahyaoui is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Calhoun pulls down on the head and he's put Yahyaoui to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Alonso Calhoun!