Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neil Nucombe (ranked 2590 p4p, 3592 weight class) and Hatakeyama Yoriari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Nucombe
vs
Yoriari

166 cm
49
166
35 - 20 - 0

175 cm
26
164
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Neil Nucombe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hatakeyama Yoriari!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoriari lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nucombe circles away quickly and effectively.
Yoriari is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yoriari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nucombe.
Yoriari tries to move into range but Nucombe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nucombe misses with an uppercut.
Yoriari misses with a hook.
Yoriari throws a predictable looking body shot

and Nucombe counters by moving into the clinch.
Nucombe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nucombe scores with a shoulder strike.
Nucombe scores with a shot to the side of Yoriari's head.
Yoriari is trying to stall.
Yoriari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoriari trying to control the position but instead, Nucombe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yoriari into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Nucombe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nucombe lands with a right to the head.
Yoriari trying to control the position but instead, Nucombe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yoriari into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nucombe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nucombe lands with a right to the head.

Yoriari is rocked!
Yoriari takes a shot to the head.
Yoriari is still on wobbly legs! Can Nucombe finish him?
Nucombe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoriari is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nucombe is keeping busy.
Yoriari tries a body shot but Nucombe blocks it.
Nucombe pushes Yoriari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yoriari tries to stall but Nucombe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Nucombe on the inside.
Nucombe lands a big right hand that drops Yoriari! The killer instinct kicks in and Nucombe finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Nucombe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neil Nucombe!
Neil Nucombe tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.