PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hayato Yoshimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pike Merry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Yoshimura
vs
Merry

178 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hayato Yoshimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pike Merry!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoshimura moves into the clinch.
Yoshimura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yoshimura lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Pike Merry has been cut.
Yoshimura lands a damaging elbow.
Yoshimura lands an elbow just above Merry 's eye.

That has opened up Pike Merry's cut even more.
Yoshimura gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yoshimura blocks a body shot from Merry.
Yoshimura lands a damaging elbow.
Yoshimura working Merry over with knees to the body.
Merry looks winded!
Yoshimura lands an elbow that stopped Merry in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Pike Merry's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshimura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yoshimura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Pike Merry's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoshimura.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pike Merry's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hayato Yoshimura!