PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between hazem el magic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiro Ohno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

el magic
vs
Ohno

170 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, hazem el magic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihiro Ohno!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohno fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Ohno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with el magic, pushing him back against the cage.
Ohno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ohno looking to slow down the pace here.

Ohno breaks from the clinch.
el magic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ohno. That did some damage!
Ohno showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from el magic.
el magic misses with a kick to the body.

Ohno gets a clinch.

Ohno manages to break the clinch.
el magic circles away from the clinch attempt.
el magic misses with a series of wild punches.

Ohno gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
el magic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
el magic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
el magic stands up over Ohno, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
el magic forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ohno kicks off el magic and gets to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ohno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ohno tries to clinch up but el magic circles away and keeps his distance.

el magic bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
el magic scores with punches from side control.

Ohno is rocked!
el magic has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ohno is still on wobbly legs! Can el magic finish him?

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). hazem el magic!