PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ash Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aoki Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Funkyama's choice of entrance music: . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
Funkyama

182 cm
39
178 lbs
36 - 17 - 0

175 cm
37
169 lbs
26 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ash Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aoki Funkyama!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Funkyama takes a step back to recover.

Funkyama looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Thomas!
Thomas tries to improve position but can't.

Funkyama is trying to get an arm triangle but Thomas is defending well.
Funkyama wants to control but Thomas is keeping him busy.
Thomas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Funkyama on the ground.
Funkyama in the domination position with Thomas hanging on.
Funkyama has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Thomas!
Funkyama trying to control but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama punching from mount but Thomas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Funkyama connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Funkyama has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Thomas's face.
Thomas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thomas is trying to stand.
Funkyama unloads with some shots from mount but Thomas bucks and avoids them well.
Funkyama working Thomas over with strikes here.
Thomas blocking the ground and pound.
Funkyama with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Funkyama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama prevents Thomas from getting the reversal.
Funkyama landing strikes from the mount and Thomas is in trouble!
Thomas is squirming around, avoiding Funkyama's attempts to control the action.
Funkyama raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Funkyama swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Thomas is now in Funkyama's guard. A big mistake from Funkyama there, giving up the dominant position!
Funkyama looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Thomas puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Funkyama is trying to get back to full guard.

Funkyama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama gets full guard.

Funkyama looking for a guillotine here but Thomas defends easily.
Funkyama wants to sweep but no luck.

Funkyama is looking to cinch up a triangle. Thomas throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Funkyama's body to avoid the submission. Funkyama has instead reached around Thomas's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Funkyama arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Aoki Funkyama!
Our winner, Aoki Funkyama, 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.