PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Batman Bin Suparman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayato Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bin Suparman
vs
Yamamoto

170 cm
25
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Batman Bin Suparman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayato Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto shoots in but Bin Suparman avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Bin Suparman shoots in and bounces Yamamoto off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bin Suparman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Yamamoto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yamamoto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bin Suparman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Suparman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bin Suparman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Bin Suparman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yamamoto on the ground.
Bin Suparman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Yamamoto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bin Suparman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bin Suparman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yamamoto looking to control.
Bin Suparman content to stall in guard here.
Yamamoto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bin Suparman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yamamoto controls Bin Suparman momentarily but Bin Suparman frees himself.
Bin Suparman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yamamoto is on top in guard.

Bin Suparman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yamamoto is one step ahead there.
Bin Suparman being controlled here, momentarily.
Bin Suparman keeping full guard, as Yamamoto tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto pushes down on Bin Suparman's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yamamoto passes to side control.
Bin Suparman is looking to regain half guard here but Yamamoto keeps moving and retains side control.
Yamamoto is looking to take a break and control but Bin Suparman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yamamoto has knee on belly and moves into mount.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hayato Yamamoto!