PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Sunshine (ranked 5305 p4p, 24376 weight class) and Yussuf Hoejlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sunshine
vs
Hoejlund

178 cm
26
176
5 - 3 - 0

176 cm
27
170
0 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Raymond Sunshine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yussuf Hoejlund!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunshine with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hoejlund counters with a right hand to the body.
Sunshine shoots for a double leg takedown but Hoejlund sprawls well. He's pushed Sunshine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hoejlund is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hoejlund has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Raymond Sunshine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sunshine shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sunshine wants to pass the guard but Hoejlund is defending well.

Sunshine looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hoejlund won't allow Sunshine to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hoejlund is defending against the submission attempts here by Sunshine.

Sunshine is working for a kimura but Hoejlund is defending it quite comfortably.
Hoejlund is looking for a sweep. Sunshine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunshine wants to pass the guard but Hoejlund is defending well.
Hoejlund is looking to escape.
Hoejlund wants to control but Sunshine is keeping busy.
Sunshine passes the guard and advances to mount!

Sunshine with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hoejlund wants to control but Sunshine is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoejlund is looking to improve his position but Sunshine isn't that keen on the idea.

Sunshine is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hoejlund has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Sunshine with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Hoejlund defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sunshine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sunshine is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hoejlund to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hoejlund shrugs it off.
Sunshine has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Sunshine is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hoejlund can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sunshine is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hoejlund can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hoejlund tries to hold on but Sunshine pushes him away.

Sunshine is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hoejlund has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hoejlund really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sunshine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sunshine prevents Hoejlund from getting the reversal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sunshine jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hoejlund manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hoejlund is trying to get back to half guard.
Sunshine tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sunshine wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hoejlund, who protects the arm well.
Sunshine has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Sunshine is working for a guillotine from mount but Hoejlund frees his head quite easily.

Sunshine working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Sunshine has control of Hoejlund's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hoejlund regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Hoejlund tries to hold on but Sunshine pushes him away.
Hoejlund really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Sunshine has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Hoejlund is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raymond Sunshine!