PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Yoshida (ranked 4272 p4p, 478 weight class) and Minhyuk Brown (ranked 4205 p4p, 469 weight class). Brown has chosen This is what I came for Calvin Harris as his entrance music. Minhyuk Brown told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Yoshida
vs
Brown

196 cm
19
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Minhyuk Brown!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yoshida is looking for a counter combo.
Yoshida slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yoshida is looking for a counter combo.
Yoshida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lyoto Yoshida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minhyuk Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brown looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Yoshida!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown trying to control the action but Yoshida is working from the bottom.
Yoshida pushes Brown away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Brown gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Brown thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Brown is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Yoshida is trying to escape and Brown transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Yoshida is forced to tap! Nice work there by Brown! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Minhyuk Brown!
Our winner, Minhyuk Brown, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.