PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cacique Coral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shunsuke Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cacique Coral has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Coral
vs
Yamamoto

205 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cacique Coral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsuke Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto throws a hook to the side of Coral's head but Coral sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamamoto misses with a body shot.
Yamamoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Yamamoto closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto slows down the pace here.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Coral blocks it.

Coral successfully pulls guard.
Yamamoto has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Coral is proving hard to escape from.

Coral is looking for a triangle but Yamamoto pushes his legs off easily.

Coral looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Coral looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto wants to get up but he can't break Coral's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Coral escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yamamoto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Coral will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Coral is breathing heavily.
Coral looking for a sweep. Not yet Coral, not yet.

Coral working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yamamoto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yamamoto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Yamamoto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to stand but Coral is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Coral is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coral looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yamamoto wants to stand but Coral is controlling his posture from full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up but Coral circles away and keeps his distance.
Yamamoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to clinch there but Coral circles away.
Shunsuke Yamamoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

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 closes the distance and clinches.
Coral fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yamamoto taking a breather.
Coral avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Coral on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coral avoids the elbow strike from Yamamoto, against the ropes.
Yamamoto stops a takedown attempt from Coral.
Yamamoto is struggling to control the position.
Coral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamamoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike.
Yamamoto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A short left from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Coral avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cacique Coral dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yamamoto moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Yamamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coral.
Yamamoto taking a breather.
Yamamoto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Coral.
Yamamoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Coral takes an elbow to the temple.
Coral jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Coral gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Yamamoto moves into the clinch successfully.

Coral pulls guard.

Yamamoto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Coral had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Yamamoto is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Coral Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Yamamoto's back instead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto wants to get back to his feet.

Yamamoto fending off the submission attempt from Coral.
Yamamoto is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Coral is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yamamoto is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coral is looking for the choke from the back position but Yamamoto is controlling his hands well.
Yamamoto looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Coral working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Yamamoto wants to get back to his feet.

Coral is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yamamoto controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Coral has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Coral is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yamamoto looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shunsuke Yamamoto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Yamamoto has Coral up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto controlling the action here for a moment.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Coral blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coral goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yamamoto prevents it.
Yamamoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Coral avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Coral lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamamoto.
Coral on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coral avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Yamamoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coral.
Yamamoto is pushing Coral up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Coral's brow.
Yamamoto stalling against the ropes.
Yamamoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yamamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamamoto is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A hook to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands an uppercut.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coral.
Yamamoto stalling against the ropes.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yamamoto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamamoto. Coral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamamoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Coral circles away.

Yamamoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yamamoto taking a breather.
Coral on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yamamoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamamoto tries a body shot but Coral blocks it.
Yamamoto leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Coral avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Yamamoto digs a right hand underneath Coral's ribcage. Coral let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coral takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Coral blocks an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Coral blocks an uppercut.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Coral tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Coral managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamamoto. Coral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coral closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yamamoto circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cacique Coral. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coral swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yamamoto misses the jab.
Yamamoto is looking to score with low kicks.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but Coral is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yamamoto throws a lazy right hand but Coral sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamamoto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Yamamoto closes the distance and clinches.
Yamamoto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yamamoto digs a right hand underneath Coral's ribcage. Coral let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Coral avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto has Coral pressed against the ropes.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coral's defenses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yamamoto digs a right hand into Coral's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Coral's gas tank.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shunsuke Yamamoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yamamoto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!