PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sipi Unto (ranked 4794 p4p, 506 weight class) and Bazar Al Jhit (ranked 2794 p4p, 322 weight class). Bazar Al Jhit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Unto
vs
Al Jhit

175 cm
17
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
158 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sipi Unto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bazar Al Jhit!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Jhit misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Unto to counter with a crisp jab.
Al Jhit shoots in but Unto avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Al Jhit pushes Unto up against the ropes in a clinch.
Unto looking to slow down the pace here.
Al Jhit has Unto pressed against the ropes, preventing Unto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Al Jhit tries for a takedown but Unto manages to get underhooks.
Sipi Unto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bazar Al Jhit.
Al Jhit goes for a takedown in the clinch but Unto prevents it.
Unto is trying to maintain a safe position but Al Jhit gets an underhook and turns Unto into the ropes.
Unto gets through Al Jhit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Al Jhit takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unto gets through Al Jhit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Unto is trying to stall.
Al Jhit has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Unto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Unto trying to control the position but instead, Al Jhit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Unto into the ropes.
Unto misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Jhit is looking for a takedown.
Unto stops a takedown attempt from Al Jhit.
Unto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Unto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Unto tries to stall but Al Jhit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Unto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Al Jhits head.

Al Jhit has picked Unto up - he's going for a ride! Al Jhit dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Al Jhit in particular looking to stall.

Al Jhit is working for a kimura but Unto is defending it quite comfortably.
Al Jhit is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Al Jhit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Al Jhit seems content to control.
Unto is looking to get back to full guard here but Al Jhit has managed to pass to side control instead.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Al Jhit taking a breather here.

Al Jhit has hold of Unto's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Unto seems comfortable defending it but Al Jhit has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Unto is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Unto is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Al Jhit couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bazar Al Jhit!
Bazar Al Jhit spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.