PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daryl Palumbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sho Hayashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palumbo comes into the arena with A Day To Remember- Violence blaring out of the sound system. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Palumbo
vs
Hayashi

180 cm
29
154 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

170 cm
23
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daryl Palumbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sho Hayashi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palumbo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palumbo throws a right and a left that Hayashi avoids nicely.
Palumbo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Palumbo tries to bum rush Hayashi with a series of wild strikes but Hayashi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palumbo swings for the body but Hayashi moves out of range.
Palumbo throws a series of strikes that have Hayashi backpedaling.
Palumbo throws a nice looking combination but Hayashi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palumbo misses with a two punch combination.
Hayashi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palumbo.
Palumbo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Palumbo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danga de danga de dang - Palumbo scores with a four punch combination!

Hayashi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hayashi showed some decent athleticism there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Palumbo is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayashi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Palumbo defends it well.
Hayashi prevents Palumbo from standing back up.
Palumbo trying to control here.

Hayashi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Palumbo sees it coming and defends easily.

Hayashi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Palumbo is just riding it out for now. Hayashi eventually gives up the hold.
Palumbo has a hand on Hayashi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Hayashi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palumbo is trying to escape the mount.

Hayashi working for a submission but Palumbo is keeping him at bay.
Palumbo tries to hold on but Hayashi postures up.
Palumbo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Hayashi has hold of Palumbo's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Palumbo manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Palumbo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Palumbo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hayashi on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayashi with good strikes from the mount here!
Hayashi raining down hammerfists from mount.
Palumbo is desperately trying to improve his position but Hayashi has a good base and remains in mount.
Hayashi is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Palumbo is in real trouble.
Palumbo is in bad spot here.
Hayashi gets his hands free as Palumbo looks to control.
Palumbo looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Hayashi is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Palumbo knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Palumbo for a finish.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palumbo looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Hayashi is looking for the choke from the back position but Palumbo is controlling his hands well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Palumbo's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Palumbo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Palumbo is squirming around, avoiding Hayashi's attempts to control the action.
Palumbo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Hayashi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Palumbo is surviving well by controlling Hayashi's body position as best he can.
Palumbo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayashi controlling from the full mount.
Palumbo gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sho Hayashi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Palumbo lands a jab-cross combination.
Palumbo lands a glancing blow to the side of Hayashi's head.
Palumbo connects with a body shot that sends Hayashi's belly button to the back.
Hayashi walks into a left hand.
Hayashi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Palumbo is fending him off so far but Hayashi persists. Nope, Palumbo circles away and we're back to standing.
Hayashi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palumbo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palumbo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hayashi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Palumbo!

Hayashi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hayashi taking a breather here.
Hayashi is breathing heavily.
Palumbo can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayashi prevents Palumbo from escaping the position.
Hayashi misses with the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Palumbo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Palumbo wants to get back to his feet but Hayashi drags him back down.
Hayashi is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Palumbo will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Palumbo struggling a bit here.

Hayashi is working to tighten his grip on Palumbo's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Palumbo has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Hayashi is really squeezing tight and eventually Palumbo passes out! Hayashi breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sho Hayashi!