PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Momoko Yamaguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lick Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Let Your Backbone Slide . Momoko Yamaguchi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Yamaguchi
vs
Hard

212 cm
20
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
29
260 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Momoko Yamaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lick Hard!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaguchi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hard momentarily.
Yamaguchi scoring well with a low kick there.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hard counters with a nice uppercut.

Hard takes the fight into the clinch.
Hard looking to throw knees to the head but Yamaguchi is blocking nicely.
Hard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamaguchi's brow.

Yamaguchi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hard ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi with a hook.
Hard avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a jab to the body
and Hard counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hard tries to clinch but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi misses with a body punch
and Hard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a jab when Hard was well out of range.
Hard cracks the inside of Yamaguchi's front leg.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yamaguchi's knee momentarily.
Hard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Momoko Yamaguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that is checked

and Hard moves into the clinch.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch on the inside.

Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hard tried to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Yamaguchi swings widly with a right hand
and Hard counters with a nice body kick.
Yamaguchi is breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hard, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hard tries to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yamaguchi's knee momentarily.
Hard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamaguchi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hard throws a body kick that misses.
Yamaguchi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yamaguchi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hard counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook
and Hard counters with an outside leg kick.
Yamaguchi keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Hard.
Hard misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the body
and Hard counters with a leg kick.
Hard is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamaguchi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamaguchi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hard counters with a head kick.

Hard takes the fight into the clinch.
Hard lands an elbow that stopped Yamaguchi in his tracks for a moment.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Yamaguchi managing to block the knees to the body from Hard.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
Hard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamaguchi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hard backwards.
Hard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yamaguchi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hard blocking some punches.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
Yamaguchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamaguchi tries to throw a body punch but Hard avoids it by throwing Yamaguchi back against the cage.
Yamaguchi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hard or not.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamaguchi lands with a left to the head.
Hard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamaguchi is defending well for now.
Yamaguchi is trying to break free.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hard tries a knee to the head but Yamaguchi blocks it.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Hard.
Hard misses with an elbow strike.

Yamaguchi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hard manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamaguchi misses with a hook
and Hard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yamaguchi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi digs a good body shot into Hard's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lick Hard dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

An inside leg kick lands from Yamaguchi.
A shot to the body from Yamaguchi misses
and Hard counters with a head kick.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hard makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Yamaguchi really felt that one!
Yamaguchi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamaguchi throws a poor cross that misses
and Hard finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hard works Yamaguchi's body with a nice hook.
Yamaguchi swinging wildly here.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hard avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick
and Hard counters with a head kick. That will keep Yamaguchi thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hard tries to clinch but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Hard tries to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi moves his leg out of the way.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hard throws a sloppy head kick
and Yamaguchi counters with an inside leg kick.
Hard looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamaguchi is just out of range.
Hard misses with a leg kick
and Yamaguchi counters with an inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamaguchi misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Hard counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Yamaguchi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Hard counters with a leg kick.
Hard throws a head kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a shot from downtown. Hard moves away and avoids it.
Yamaguchi motions for Hard to come forward. Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick
and Hard counters with a thumping low kick.
Hard misses with a leg kick
and Yamaguchi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Hard moved out of range.
Hard throws an off balance right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Yamaguchi lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to clinch there but Yamaguchi circles away.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hard.
Good exchange - Yamaguchi coming out on top.
Yamaguchi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamaguchi lands the left hand.
Yamaguchi lands a leg kick that knocks Hard off balance momentarily.
Hard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hard throws a solid leg kick but Yamaguchi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hard.
Hard throws a leg kick
and Yamaguchi counters with a good low kick that Hard was not able to check.
Hard tries to move into range but Yamaguchi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yamaguchi catches Hard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Yamaguchi does it's job there.
Yamaguchi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaguchi misses the shot to the body.
Hard staying out of range there.
Hard looks to clinch
and Yamaguchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamaguchi scores with a decent looking hook.
Hard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yamaguchi.
Hard moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Momoko Yamaguchi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hard counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick from Yamaguchi misses
and Hard counters with a leg kick.
Hard lands with a kick to the temple. Yamaguchi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice body punch from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi connects with a jab.
Lick Hard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Hard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yamaguchi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A low kick from Hard misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hard thinking.
Yamaguchi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hard can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hard tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yamaguchi throws out a powerful jab.
Decent striking displayed by Yamaguchi there.
Yamaguchi is looking to slow Hard down with leg kicks.
Yamaguchi thows a leg kick but Hard checks it

and Hard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hard.
Yamaguchi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hard pushes off an throws an elbow but Yamaguchi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamaguchi.
Hard stalling in the clinch but Yamaguchi improves position.
Hard throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamaguchi misses with the head strike.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.

Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yamaguchi counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Yamaguchi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hard checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Hard is just out of range.
Hard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yamaguchi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Hard is just out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hard takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard misses with the body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yamaguchi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice shot by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi digs a good hook to Hard's body.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Yamaguchi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Yamaguchi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamaguchi throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi stuns Hard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamaguchi cracks Hard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hard darts in trying to clinch
and Yamaguchi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yamaguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Yamaguchi finds it's way through Hard's defenses.
Yamaguchi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

And that's the end of the fight!
Momoko Yamaguchi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yamaguchi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Momoko Yamaguchi!