PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryoichi Yukimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Patricio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patricio has chosen FUCK THE WORLD as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yukimura
vs
Patricio

160 cm
25
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
22
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryoichi Yukimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Owen Patricio!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yukimura shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Patricio as he avoids it easily.

Yukimura forces Patricio back against the cage and clinches.

Yukimura jumps guard.
Yukimura trying to strike off his back.
Yukimura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Patricio's guard.
Yukimura wants to pass the guard but Patricio is keeping the position.
Yukimura forces his way into half guard.
Yukimura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Patricio keeps working.

Yukimura is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Patricio has managed to free his arm - good work.
Yukimura throwing shots but Patricio is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yukimura wants to control but Patricio is keeping him busy.
Yukimura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Patricio has hold of Yukimura's hands but Yukimura slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yukimura is keen to just control but Patricio is a slippery customer.
Yukimura has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yukimura landing strikes from the mount and Patricio is in trouble!
Yukimura trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yukimura is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Patricio is surviving well by controlling Yukimura's body position as best he can.
Yukimura avoids the attempt from Patricio to control.
Yukimura with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukimura lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Patricio hang on?
Yukimura has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yukimura can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Patricio is looking to escape.
Yukimura in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Patricio looks gassed!
Yukimura wants to control the pace but Patricio is squirming around nicely.
Yukimura looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Yukimura there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yukimura landing punches.
Yukimura tries to control but Patricio wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yukimura throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Yukimura landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryoichi Yukimura dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yukimura darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Yukimura uses his free foot to push down on Patricio's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Patricio.
Yukimura tries to control but Patricio wriggling away.
Patricio blocking the ground and pound.
Yukimura sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Patricio is breathing heavily.

Yukimura looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Patricio has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yukimura is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

Yukimura working for the choke.
Will Yukimura go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Patricio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yukimura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yukimura scores with punches from the back.
Patricio staying busy and making it hard for Yukimura to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yukimura punches the canvas rather than the man.
Yukimura connects with a big shot to the side of Patricio's head.
Patricio staying busy and making it hard for Yukimura to control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryoichi Yukimura just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Yukimura changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Patricio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Patricio takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Yukimura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Patricio keeps working.

Yukimura wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Patricio, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukimura tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ryoichi Yukimura overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Yukimura has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Patricio is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Yukimura yanks on the arm and Patricio is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Yukimura.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryoichi Yukimura!