PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hoozuki Yasumoto (ranked 4321 p4p, 4229 weight class) and Yu Sei Songwong (ranked 473 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yasumoto
vs
Songwong

173 cm
23
165
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
159
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hoozuki Yasumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yu Sei Songwong!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Songwong throws a body kick that misses.
Yasumoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Songwong is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yasumoto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Yasumoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yasumoto checks the leg kick.
Yasumoto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Songwong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yasumoto.
Songwong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Songwong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yasumoto.
Songwong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A solid body kick from Songwong.
Yasumoto tries to clinch

and Songwong counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Songwong trying to control the action but Yasumoto is working from the bottom.

Songwong in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Yasumoto is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yu Sei Songwong!
During a confident post fight interview, Yu Sei Songwong thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.