PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaoru Hanayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Alard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron Alard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hanayama
vs
Alard

187 cm
30
199 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

187 cm
29
187 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kaoru Hanayama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aaron Alard!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanayama lands a leg kick that knocks Alard off balance momentarily.

Hanayama shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alard napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Alard takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Alard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hanayama throws an elbow but Alard slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hanayama scoring with punches from side control.
Alard manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hanayama's best efforts.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hanayama is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanayama drops an elbow to the side of Alard's head.
Hanayama sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alard defending well though.
Hanayama has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Alard wants to hold on but Hanayama pushes him away.
Alard is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Hanayama is staying active.
Hanayama raining down shots from the mount!
Alard is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanayama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alard wants to control but Hanayama is having none of it.
Hanayama lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hanayama with good strikes from the mount here!

Alard is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanayama postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Alard out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Hanayama goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kaoru Hanayama!
Our winner, Kaoru Hanayama, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.