PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Wickleby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadamasa Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tadamasa Yamada has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ray Wickleby's chin.

Wickleby
vs
Yamada

173 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

186 cm
24
195 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Wickleby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tadamasa Yamada!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wickleby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamada tries to clinch but Wickleby moves out of range.
Wickleby has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yamada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wickleby.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Yamada lands a head shot.
Wickleby takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tadamasa Yamada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wickleby clinches up with Yamada and pushes him back against the cage.
Yamada blocks an uppercut.
Yamada misses with some punches.
Wickleby working aggressively here.
Yamada misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Yamada.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yamada.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wickleby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wickleby lands with a light punch inside.
Wickleby gets through Yamada's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wickleby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Wickleby controls the action.
Wickleby blocking some punches.
Wickleby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wickleby lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Wickleby.
A shot in the inside from Yamada.
Yamada misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Wickleby misses with the head strike.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Wickleby.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamada.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamada misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Yamada.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Wickleby controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wickleby.
Yamada blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wickleby.
Wickleby takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wickleby takes a shot to the head.
Wickleby scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wickleby is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yamada pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yamada struggles to land a body shot inside as Wickleby controls his hands.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wickleby.
Wickleby throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yamada throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamada.
Yamada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wicklebys head.
Yamada digs a right hand into Wickleby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wickleby's gas tank.
Wickleby throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamada.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Wickleby is rocked!
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Wickleby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Yamada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Wickleby.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamada creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Wickleby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wickleby blocks an uppercut.
Yamada misses with a punch on the inside.
Wickleby blocks an uppercut.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Wickleby.
Yamada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wickleby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamada misses with a punch on the inside.
Wickleby seems to have got his legs back now.
Yamada throws a head punch that misses.
Wickleby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamada.
Wickleby throws a head punch that misses.
Wickleby is working for takedown but Yamada is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yamada throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wickleby misses with a body punch.
Yamada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Yamada lands a left hand.
Wickleby lands with a right to the head.
Wickleby fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Wickleby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wickleby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Yamada scores with a hook to the body.
Wickleby is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Yamada.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yamada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamada works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wickleby tries to throw a body punch but Yamada avoids it by throwing Wickleby back against the cage.
Yamada lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Yamada - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Yamada.
A short uppercut from Yamada.
Still in the clinch, Yamada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yamada works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yamada creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Wickleby with a big uppercut! Wickleby tries to clinch up but Yamada pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Wickleby to the mat! Wickleby covers up and Yamada unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tadamasa Yamada!
Tadamasa Yamada is the new middleweight champion!