PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sol Goldstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanye Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanye Yamamoto struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Goldstein
vs
Yamamoto

175 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Plays chess

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sol Goldstein!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kanye Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yamamoto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Yamamoto controlling the position from side mount.
Goldstein is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Yamamoto off and has taken his back!

Goldstein is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Yamamoto defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Goldstein is working for a rear naked choke. Yamamoto is not defending it well and Goldstein has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Yamamoto refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Yamamoto's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sol Goldstein!
Sol Goldstein retains his bantamweight title!