PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Yamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaston St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yamoto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blow by Atreyu. Gaston St Pierre has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Yamoto
vs
St Pierre

175 cm
19
162 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

GTI-Roid Rage

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshi Yamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gaston St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre lands a nice hook to Yamoto's body. Yamoto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre throws a head kick that Yamoto semi-blocks.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Yamoto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. St Pierre did well to prevent Yamoto getting side control.

St Pierre has one foot on Yamoto's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Pierre is looking to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamoto dodges the punch combination from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Yamoto slips the punch.
Yamoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before St Pierre can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from St Pierre.
St Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Pierre is looking to clinch.
Yamoto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaston St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre works over Yamoto's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamoto slips a jab and a cross from St Pierre.
St Pierre connects with a high kick.
Yamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yamoto lands a jab to St Pierre's midsection.
A left and a right from St Pierre both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yamoto.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by St Pierre!
St Pierre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre cracks Yamoto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yamoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Pierre throws a one two combo.
St Pierre throws a good cross that connects.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamoto scores with a nice right hand.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with the combination.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
St Pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
St Pierre throws a series of strikes that have Yamoto backpedaling.
Yamoto looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
St Pierre throws a sloppy head kick and Yamoto moves out of range easily.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamoto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Yamoto is having none of it.
Yamoto blocks the body kick.
Yamoto misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
St Pierre throws a shot from downtown. Yamoto moves away and avoids it.
Yamoto keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamoto works over St Pierre's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamoto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St Pierre.
Yamoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and St Pierre counters with a head kick. That will keep Yamoto thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Yamoto avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands with a thumping leg kick.
St Pierre lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Yamoto pushes him off.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamoto circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaston St Pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yamoto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre throws a combination that misses

and Yamoto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if St Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yamoto prevents St Pierre from standing back up.
Yamoto is pressing down on St Pierre's thigh, looking to free his foot. St Pierre is holding on for now.
Yamoto stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
St Pierre is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamoto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
St Pierre misses with the body kick
and Yamoto counters with a right hand to the body.
St Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Yamoto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yamoto is controlling him.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Yamoto pushing down on St Pierre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamoto throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Yamoto passes the guard and advances to mount!
Yamoto pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Yamoto is going olschool here, as he tries to force St Pierre to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so St Pierre shrugs it off.
Yamoto lands a heavy elbow.

St Pierre defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yamoto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre is trying to stand up.

Yamoto is going olschool here, as he tries to force St Pierre to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so St Pierre shrugs it off.
Yamoto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamoto lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Yamoto with good strikes from the mount here!
St Pierre is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Yamoto has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! St Pierre is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yoshi Yamoto!