PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Sexyama (ranked 4576 p4p, 566 weight class) and Dex Arial (ranked 3077 p4p, 410 weight class). Arial comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thunder kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Yoshihiro Sexyama could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dex Arial's chin.

Sexyama
vs
Arial

177 cm
29
190 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

178 cm
24
176 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yoshihiro Sexyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dex Arial!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sexyama connects with the punch.
Sexyama misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arial looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sexyama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arial.
Yoshihiro Sexyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

A jab-cross combination lands for Sexyama and sends Arial crashing to the mat! Sexyama follows him down to the mat - Arial regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Arial is rocked!

It looks like Dex Arial has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sexyama is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Arial doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sexyama.
Arial is still in real trouble! Can Sexyama finish him?

Sexyama is looking for a kimura here.

Sexyama is working for a kimura but Arial is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sexyama is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Arial defends it well.
Arial seems to have recovered his senses.
Sexyama is stalling here. Arial is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sexyama seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Arial has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Arial working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexyama avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Arial.
Sexyama looking for a sweep but Arial has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sexyama is trying to escape the mount.
Arial postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sexyama looks a forlorn figure.
Arial putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sexyama is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Arial raining down hammerfists from mount.
Arial lands a big shot there that rocks Sexyama but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Sexyama is rocked!
Sexyama is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Sexyama is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arial controlling the pace for now.
Sexyama seems to have got his legs back now.
Arial raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sexyama is trying desperately to improve position.
Sexyama sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Arial is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Arial scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sexyama moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Sexyama has his foot on Arial's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Arial works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Arial.

Sexyama looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Arial passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sexyama is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Arial cracks Sexyama with a big elbow.
Arial landing strikes.
Arial is looking to take a break and control but Sexyama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Arial working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Sexyama is looking to regain half guard here but Arial keeps moving and retains side control.
Arial gets to mount! Sexyama was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arial pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Arial scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sexyama?
Arial controlling the pace for now.
Arial raining down shots from the mount!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Arial! Sexyama is hurt baaadly! Arial is firing away with more strikes - Sexyama is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dex Arial!
A relieved looking Dex Arial thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.