PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ayomide Ayigemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Harada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ayigemi
vs
Harada

188 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ayomide Ayigemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruno Harada!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harada doesn't manage to clinch there - Ayigemi circles away.
Ayigemi misses with a head kick.
Harada unleashes a big counter combination but Ayigemi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Ayigemi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ayigemi is standing up over Harada. Harada looks to escape but Ayigemi dives into side control.

Harada is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ayigemi working the body and head with strikes.
Harada is looking to regain half guard here but Ayigemi keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Harada's face as Ayigemi controls the position.
Ayigemi wants to stand but Harada has his arm trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayigemi is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Harada's shoulder. That is not cool.
Harada wants to control but Ayigemi postures up.
Ayigemi lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ayigemi working the body and head with strikes.
Ayigemi tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Harada tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ayigemi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Harada is trying to control Ayigemi's posture but Ayigemi avoids it.
Ayigemi content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayigemi lands a few punches from side control.
Ayigemi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ayigemi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ayigemi in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Harada takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ayigemi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayigemi working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Harada's face as Ayigemi controls the position.
Ayigemi has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ayigemi content just to control the position here.
Ayigemi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ayigemi controlling his opponent.
Ayigemi lands a heavy elbow.
Ayigemi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ayigemi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ayigemi content just to control the position here.

Ayigemi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ayomide Ayigemi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ayigemi drives through with a takedown into Harada's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ayigemi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ayomide Ayigemi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harada punching from the bottom.
Ayigemi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harada with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ayigemi moves nicely into side control.
Ayigemi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harada can do to turn this around?
Harada is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ayigemi wants to stand but Harada has his arm trapped.
Harada struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayigemi working the head with strikes.

Ayigemi stands up.
Harada looks for a takedown but Ayigemi sprawls well.

Ayigemi pushes Harada up against the cage in a clinch.
Harada tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ayigemi smiles and moves away.
Harada is breathing heavily.

Ayigemi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ayigemi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Ayigemi is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Harada is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ayomide Ayigemi!