PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nobutaka Hiyoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trujillo Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiyoshi comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter. Youngblood has chosen Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nobutaka Hiyoshi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hiyoshi
vs
Youngblood

183 cm
22
181 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

178 cm
26
181 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nobutaka Hiyoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trujillo Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiyoshi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hiyoshi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Youngblood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hiyoshi. That did some damage!
Youngblood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Youngblood clinches up with Hiyoshi and pushes him back against the cage.
Hiyoshi pushes Youngblood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Youngblood lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi wants to get back to striking at distance but Youngblood won't allow it.
Hiyoshi stalling the fight.
Hiyoshi works on Youngblood's body with a couple of short punches.
Youngblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiyoshi lands a shot to the body.
Hiyoshi blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Youngblood as the two fighters clinch.
Hiyoshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Youngblood backwards.
Hiyoshi blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hiyoshi.
Youngblood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Youngblood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiyoshi has a couple of punches blocked by Youngblood.
Hiyoshi working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hiyoshi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Youngblood backwards.
Hiyoshi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hand to the body from Youngblood.
Hiyoshi blocks an uppercut.
Youngblood throws a punch but it's blocked by Hiyoshi.
Youngblood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Youngblood misses with a punch to the body.
Hiyoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiyoshi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Youngblood.
Youngblood blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi stalling in the clinch.
Youngblood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Youngblood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood tries to work over Hiyoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Hiyoshi manages to break the clinch.
Youngblood wants to slow Hiyoshi down by chopping away at his legs.
Youngblood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Youngblood instigates a clinch.
Youngblood is working Hiyoshi over against the cage.

Hiyoshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hiyoshi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Youngblood.
Youngblood scores with a leg kick.
Hiyoshi looks to throw the jab but Youngblood is out of range.
Hiyoshi throws a hook but Youngblood avoids it easily.
Hiyoshi keeps the fight on the outside.
Youngblood throws a low kick, looking for Hiyoshi's leg but Hiyoshi calmly moves out of range.
Hiyoshi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hiyoshi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Youngblood can pounce on him.
Youngblood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hiyoshi's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hiyoshi misses with a body shot.
Youngblood wants to clinch up but Hiyoshi keeps it at a distance.
Youngblood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood is looking to chop away at Hiyoshi's legs.
A punch combination from Hiyoshi misses.
Hiyoshi tries to bum rush Youngblood with a series of wild strikes but Youngblood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Youngblood throws a leg kick but Hiyoshi checks it.
Youngblood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi is breathing heavily.
Hiyoshi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Youngblood can pounce on him.
Youngblood cracks the inside of Hiyoshi's front leg.
Youngblood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Youngblood throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Youngblood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Youngblood misses with a low kick as Hiyoshi jumps back.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Youngblood lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hiyoshi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hiyoshi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Youngblood cracks the inside of Hiyoshi's front leg.
Hiyoshi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Youngblood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hiyoshi on the side of the head.

Youngblood closes the distance and pushes Hiyoshi back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hiyoshi.
A right hook to the body lands for Youngblood.
Hiyoshi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Youngblood works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Youngblood lands with a short shot to the head.
Youngblood lands with a right to the head.
Hiyoshi taking a breather.
Good body shot from Youngblood.
A body shot lands from Youngblood.
Hiyoshi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Youngblood's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hiyoshi.
Youngblood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hiyoshi.
Youngblood works on Hiyoshi's body with a couple of short punches.
Youngblood lands a body punch.
Youngblood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Youngblood lands with a short shot to the head.
Youngblood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hiyoshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hiyoshi lands with a light punch inside.
Youngblood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Youngblood throws a head punch that misses.
Youngblood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hiyoshi misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trujillo Youngblood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

An inside leg kick lands from Youngblood.
Youngblood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hiyoshi misses with an uppercut.
Youngblood will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Youngblood throws a chopping leg kick but Hiyoshi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hiyoshi lands with a right hand.
Good leg kick by Youngblood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Youngblood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hiyoshi. That did some damage!
Youngblood misses with a low kick.
Youngblood scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Youngblood, right into the meat.
Youngblood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Youngblood, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Youngblood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Youngblood clinches up with Hiyoshi and pushes him back against the cage.
Hiyoshi misses with some punches.
Youngblood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hiyoshi backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Youngblood.
Youngblood lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hiyoshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Youngblood controls his hands.
Hiyoshi takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Nobutaka Hiyoshi has been cut.
Youngblood works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Youngblood cracks Hiyoshi with a nice body shot.
Youngblood blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Youngblood.
Youngblood digs a right hand underneath Hiyoshi's ribcage. Hiyoshi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Youngblood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hiyoshi looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hiyoshi misses with a punch on the inside.
Youngblood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Youngblood scores with a shot to the side of Hiyoshi's head.

Hiyoshi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Youngblood throws a low kick but Hiyoshi avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Hiyoshi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Youngblood wants to slow Hiyoshi down by chopping away at his legs.
Hiyoshi misses with a straight right.
Hiyoshi thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood cracks the inside of Hiyoshi's front leg.
Hiyoshi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Youngblood. Youngblood obviously looking to wear him down.
Youngblood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hiyoshi.
Youngblood slips under a jab from Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi misses with a straight left.
Hiyoshi drops his hands momentarily and Youngblood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Youngblood throws a series of punches but Hiyoshi moves out of range.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Youngblood is looking to clinch but Hiyoshi is avoiding it.
Hiyoshi misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Youngblood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hiyoshi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Youngblood can pounce on him.
Hiyoshi thows a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood cracks the inside of Hiyoshi's front leg.
Youngblood slips a straight right by Hiyoshi.
Youngblood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hiyoshi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hiyoshi checks a leg kick nicely.
Youngblood moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Youngblood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hiyoshi, pushing him back against the cage.
Hiyoshi swings wildly with an uppercut but Youngblood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Youngblood lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Youngblood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hiyoshi tries to break the clinch but Youngblood is controlling the position.
Youngblood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hiyoshi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hiyoshi tries to circle away but Youngblood has him pinned against the cage.
Youngblood blocking some punches.
Hiyoshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trujillo Youngblood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Youngblood throws a punch but it's blocked by Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Youngblood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hiyoshi or not.
Youngblood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hiyoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Youngblood.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hiyoshi.
Youngblood pushes Hiyoshi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Youngblood.
Youngblood can't find room to land a body shot as Hiyoshi controls the action.
Youngblood blocks a body shot from Hiyoshi.
A right handed body shot lands from Youngblood.
Hiyoshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Youngblood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiyoshi is looking to control Youngblood's arms but Youngblood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hiyoshi has his back to the cage.
Hiyoshi is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Youngblood gets through Hiyoshi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hiyoshi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Youngblood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hiyoshi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Youngblood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trujillo Youngblood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nobutaka Hiyoshi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Hiyoshi misses the target.
Youngblood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hiyoshi. That did some damage!
Hiyoshi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Youngblood finds it's way round the side to connect with Hiyoshi's head.
Youngblood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hiyoshi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Youngblood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi throws a hook but Youngblood avoids it easily.
Youngblood is looking to clinch.
Hiyoshi throws a left and a right that both miss

and Youngblood counters by moving into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi wants to stall.
Hiyoshi has Youngblood pressed against the cage.
Youngblood swings wildly with an uppercut but Hiyoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hiyoshi blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Youngblood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood lands a hook to the side of the head.
Youngblood lands with a right to the head.
Youngblood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Youngblood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hiyoshi backwards.
Hiyoshi scores with a shot to the side of Youngblood's head.
Youngblood scores with a shoulder strike.
Hiyoshi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hiyoshi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Youngblood lands a body shot.
Hiyoshi can't find room to land a body shot as Youngblood controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hiyoshi.
Hiyoshi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Youngblood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hiyoshi misses with some punches.
Youngblood lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hiyoshi working aggressively here.
A short right from Youngblood on the inside.
Hiyoshi is trying to force a seperation but Youngblood has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hiyoshi tries to work over Youngblood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hiyoshi digs a right hand into Youngblood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Youngblood's gas tank.
Hiyoshi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Youngblood is keeping busy.
Youngblood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hiyoshi's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Youngblood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hiyoshi backwards.
Youngblood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hiyoshi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Youngblood lands a nice shot to the body.
Youngblood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Youngblood throws a head punch that misses.
Youngblood misses with a punch on the inside.
Youngblood is working Hiyoshi over against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Hiyoshi.
Nice body punch from Youngblood.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Youngblood.
Youngblood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hiyoshi's efforts to push away.
Hiyoshi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Trujillo Youngblood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood blocking some punches.
Youngblood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Youngblood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hiyoshi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hiyoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiyoshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hiyoshi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Youngblood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hiyoshi backwards.
Nobutaka Hiyoshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Youngblood lands with a light punch inside.
Youngblood blocks an uppercut.
Hiyoshi taking a breather.
Hiyoshi tries to work over Youngblood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hiyoshi scores with a hook to the body.
Hiyoshi swings wildly with an uppercut but Youngblood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Youngblood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hiyoshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hiyoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hiyoshi scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Youngblood.
Youngblood prevents Hiyoshi from breaking the clinch.
Hiyoshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hiyoshi misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hiyoshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiyoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Youngblood pushes Hiyoshi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hiyoshi working aggressively here.
Hiyoshi stalling in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trujillo Youngblood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Youngblood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trujillo Youngblood!