PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Koro Shinigumi (ranked 4345 p4p, 3668 weight class) and Hamzat Hoogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamzat Hoogo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shinigumi
vs
Hoogo

170 cm
21
153
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
148
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koro Shinigumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hamzat Hoogo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinigumi feints and then cracks Hoogo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hoogo down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Hoogo closes the distance and clinches.
Hoogo misses with some punches.

Hoogo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hoogo keeping moving, preventing Shinigumi from controlling successfully.
Shinigumi postures up in Hoogo's guard and throws a big left but Hoogo blocks it.

Shinigumi is sitting in close to Hoogo's body. Hoogo has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Shinigumi is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Shinigumi is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Hoogo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hamzat Hoogo!