PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aoki Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Funkyama might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to . Ryan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Aoki Funkyama has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Funkyama
vs
Ryan

175 cm
41
175 lbs
34 - 20 - 0

177 cm
21
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aoki Funkyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan stuffs the takedown.
Ryan connects with a nice looking jab.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan throws the left hand but Funkyama avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Ryan.
Funkyama half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Funkyama looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ryan misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Funkyama misses with a takedown
enabling Ryan to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aoki Funkyama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan scores with a three punch combo!
Ryan lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Funkyama looking to score a takedown here. Ryan is defending well but Funkyama drives through and ends up in Ryan's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama forces his way into half guard.

Funkyama is working for a submission of some sort.
Ryan is looking for a sweep. Funkyama is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ryan is trying to stand up here but Funkyama is controlling him well.
Ryan is pressing down on Funkyama's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ryan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Funkyama's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Funkyama working for a triangle but Ryan defends it easily.

Funkyama is looking for a triangle but Ryan pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Funkyama is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ryan is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Funkyama is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Funkyama is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Ryan has his hands clasped together but Funkyama extends and breaks Ryan's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Funkyama.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aoki Funkyama!
A very excited looking Aoki Funkyama rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.