PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Yakamito (ranked 24351 p4p, 2863 weight class) and Gwynn Evans (ranked 792 p4p, 386 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Yakamito
vs
Evans

191 cm
28
198
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
185
4 - 3 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good low kicks
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Yakamito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gwynn Evans!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans rushes Yakamito and presses him up against the ropes.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Yakamito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans is working Yakamito over against the ropes.
Yakamito misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Evans.
Yakamito takes a shot to the head.
Yakamito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
Yakamito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yakamito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evans gets through Yakamito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yakamito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Evans scores with a hook to the body.
Yakamito takes a shot to the head.
Evans managing to block the knees to the body from Yakamito.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yakamito is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
Yakamito has a couple of punches blocked by Evans.
Yakamito putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Evans in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Evans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Evans misses with a punch to the body.
Evans is working Yakamito over against the ropes.
Evans blocks an uppercut.
Evans lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Evans.
A nice left hand lands by Evans.
Evans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yakamito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Evans lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakamito backwards.
Yakamito throws a punch but it's blocked by Evans.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yakamito tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Evans blocks a body shot from Yakamito.
Yakamito misses with the head strike.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yakamito backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yakamito.
Evans lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakamito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evans.
Evans lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakamito backwards.
Yakamito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Evans.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans blocking some punches.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans lands a right hand.
Yakamito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans lands a right hand.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yakamito has a couple of punches blocked by Evans.
Yakamito working aggressively here.
Evans throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yakamitos head.
Evans scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Evans.
Yakamito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Yakamito lands an uppercut.
Evans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yakamito.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Yakamito is rocked!
Evans works on Yakamito's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Yakamito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans scores with a hook to the body.
Yakamito is breathing heavily.
Evans lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Evans creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Yakamito crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Yakamito face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Evans takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gwynn Evans!
A very excited looking Gwynn Evans made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.