PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Burwell Puller (ranked 840 p4p, 1065 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 51 p4p, 62 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Puller might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hello. Yoshida has chosen Boogeyman by Motörhead as his entrance music. Takashi Yoshida is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Puller
vs
Yoshida

170 cm
32
138
13 - 11 - 1

165 cm
36
130
32 - 12 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lewis Burwell Puller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
We've been hearing reports that Puller has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Puller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yoshida.
As Yoshida looks to move away, Puller throws a big counter combo but Yoshida just gets out of the way.
Puller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Puller connects with a single shot there.
Yoshida walks into a stiff left hand from Puller.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A cross from Puller lands.
Yoshida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Puller at a distance.
Puller needs to keep his hands up - Yoshida had a free shot at his head there.
Puller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida connects with a single shot there.
Puller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yoshida slips under a jab from Puller.
Yoshida looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Puller - just one landing.
Yoshida takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from Puller misses.
Puller lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yoshida jabs at Puller's body.
Puller throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yoshida counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yoshida drops Puller with a big left hand! Puller is injured, injured bad! Yoshida jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takashi Yoshida!
After winning the bout, Takashi Yoshida thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Lewis Burwell Puller stepped up to the mic, saying 'It was not my night. Congratulations to my opponent. You were the better man tonight. You just gave me the ultimate motivation.'.