PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto comes to the cage accompanied by Ambitionz az a ridah. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Yamamoto
vs
Bennett

189 cm
22
199 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
198 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bennett misses with a leg kick
and Yamamoto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bennett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yamamoto throws a jab when Bennett was well out of range.
Yamamoto throws a jab when Bennett was well out of range.
Bennett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamamoto getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yamamoto thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennett throws a leg kick which misses Yamamoto's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamamoto tries to avoid it.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamamoto. That snapped Bennett's head back.
Richard Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett misses the shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bennett.
Bennett thuds his shin into the meat of Yamamoto's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Bennett.
Yamamoto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Go Yamamoto has been cut.
Bennett thows a leg kick but Yamamoto checks it
letting Yamamoto counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto avoids a kick to the body.
Yamamoto slips under a jab from Bennett.
Bennett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennett.
Bennett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bennett lands a head kick. Yamamoto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yamamoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennett manages to avoid it.
Bennett misses with a body kick.
Bennett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is breathing heavily.
Bennett turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Bennett misses.
Bennett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennett connects with a leg kick. Yamamoto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennett.
Bennett lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yamamoto takes a step back to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yamamoto crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bennett - the referee stops the clock and Yamamoto gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bennett. Yamamoto manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yamamoto is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yamamoto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Yamamoto is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Bennett.
Oh Yamamoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bennett pushes Yamamoto away with a front kick.
Bennett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yamamoto gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Richard Bennett!