PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hayaki Naitou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Naitou might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home. This should be fireworks!

Naitou
vs
Wayne

180 cm
20
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hayaki Naitou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Naitou!
Wayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Naitou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wayne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Naitou swats away the attempt to clinch by Wayne.
Naitou swats away the attempt to clinch by Wayne.
Wayne moves in looking to clinch but Naitou pushes him off.

Naitou instigates a clinch.
Naitou avoiding damage.
Wayne misses with an elbow over the top.

Naitou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Naitou darts in and clinches Wayne up against the cage.
Wayne is looking to break free of the clinch but Naitou has double underhooks.
Naitou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wayne blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wayne.
Wayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wayne takes an elbow to the temple.
Naitou prevents Wayne from breaking the clinch.
Wayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Naitou tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
Wayne lands with a right to the head.
Naitou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wayne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Naitou crunches a lovely knee into Wayne's ribcage.
Naitou blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne tries to stall but Naitou uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Naitou.
Wayne looks gassed!

Naitou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wayne throws the left hand but Naitou avoids the punch easily.
Bruce Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne darts in trying to clinch
and Naitou counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wayne looks to clinch

and Naitou holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Naitou has Wayne pushed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Naitou breaks from the clinch.

Wayne tries to keep at a distance but Naitou has taken the fight into the clinch.
Naitou with a knee to the head.
Naitou with a knee to the head.
Wayne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wayne takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Bruce Wayne has been cut.

Naitou breaks the clinch.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Naitou moves away.
Wayne fails with the takedown
and Naitou counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wayne is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Wayne is rocked!
Wayne clinches but Naitou breaks the clinch

and Naitou counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wayne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naitou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Wayne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wayne has closed the distance and engaged Naitou in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wayne manages to break the clinch.
Hayaki Naitou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Naitou circles away from the clinch attempt

and Naitou holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Naitou pushes off an throws an elbow but Wayne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wayne managing to block the knees to the body from Naitou.

Wayne pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naitou is controlling an arm, preventing Wayne from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

Wayne is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Naitou is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruce Wayne!