PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Holden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Yang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holden
vs
Yang

213 cm
20
193 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Holden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Yang!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yang throws a body kick that misses.
Holden shoots in looking for a takedown but Yang manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Holden's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Yang appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Yang fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Holden to the ground. Yang is now in Holden's guard.
Yang stands and throws Holden's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Yang trying to control the position but Holden is working away.
Holden manages to get back to half guard.
Yang wants to take a breather but Holden is having none of it.
Yang is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yang seems to be looking for submissions.

Holden looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Holden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holden keeps working.
Holden tries to get to full guard but Yang has control of the leg.
Yang trying to control from half guard but Holden is working away.
Yang is looking to advance position but Holden won't allow it.
Holden is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Yang is looking for a kimura here.
Holden tries to roll over but Yang keeps him under control.

Yang is working for a kimura but Holden is defending it quite comfortably.
Yang is keen to just control but Holden is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang prevents Holden from improving his position.
Holden gets back to full guard.
Yang looks winded!
Holden keeping moving, preventing Yang from controlling successfully.

Yang is sitting in close to Holden's body. Holden has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Yang is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Yang is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Holden.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Adrian Holden!