PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beo Wulf (ranked 4829 p4p, 552 weight class) and Hideo Hayashi (ranked 7449 p4p, 639 weight class). Hayashi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Beo Wulf has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wulf
vs
Hayashi

189 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Beo Wulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hideo Hayashi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hayashi is defended easily by Wulf.
Wulf appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wulf scores with a hook to the body. Hayashi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Hayashi drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hayashi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Hayashi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hayashi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayashi preventing the sweep.

Hayashi drops back looking for a leg! Wulf is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wulf manages to kick Hayashi off! Hayashi jumps back into Wulf's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayashi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Hayashi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hayashi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Hayashi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wulf knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hayashi on the ground.

Hayashi drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Hayashi seems to have locked his on tight now - Wulf screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Hayashi, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Hideo Hayashi!
During a confident post fight interview, Hideo Hayashi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.