PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keira Knightly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yamamoto
vs
Knightly

177 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Keira Knightly!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightly misses with a double jab.
Yamamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knightly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Knightly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Knightly wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Knightly has had enough of the clinch but Yamamoto keeps him there for the moment.
Knightly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yamamoto pulls his leg out and moves away.
A head kick from Yamamoto lands but Knightly takes it in his stride.

Knightly is rocked!
Yamamoto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Good work by Yamamoto as he checks the leg kick.
Knightly throws a combination. Yamamoto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Keira Knightly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knightly misses with a double jab.

Yamamoto clinches up with Knightly and pushes him back against the ropes.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knightly's face.
Yamamoto gets underhooks to prevent Knightly's takedown attempt.
Go Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keira Knightly.
Knightly has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Knightly is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamamoto finish him?
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knightly's face.
Knightly is trying to break free.
Knightly is working for takedown but Yamamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yamamoto is pressed up against the ropes. Knightly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yamamoto down to the mat. Yamamoto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Knightly seems to have recovered his senses.
Knightly throws a series of punches but Yamamoto moves out of range.

Yamamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knightly, pushing him back against the ropes.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightly goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yamamoto prevents it.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knightly wants to break free but Yamamoto has control.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Knightly.
Knightly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knightly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto prevents Knightly from breaking the clinch.
Knightly can't break the clinch.
Knightly wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Knightly wants a takedown but no success here.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Knightly in his tracks for a moment.
Knightly tries to score a body lock takedown but Yamamoto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Knightly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knightly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamamoto has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamamoto prevents Knightly from breaking the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knightly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yamamoto pulls his leg out and moves away.

Knightly tries to keep at a distance but Yamamoto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knightly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yamamoto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yamamoto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yamamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.

Yamamoto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Knightly is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Yamamoto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamamoto.

Yamamoto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yamamoto landing a few strikes.
Knightly trying to control but Yamamoto flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Knightly is trying to get back to his feet but Yamamoto has full control of the position and if anything, Knightly has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightly can't escape the position.
Yamamoto is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Knightly. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Knightly really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamamoto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yamamoto lands shots from the back.
Knightly controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Yamamoto lands shots from the back.
Knightly is trying to stand back up.
Knightly is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Yamamoto.
Knightly looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Knightly defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Yamamoto's arms.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knightly trying to get back to his feet but Yamamoto is in full control for now.
Knightly is in bad spot here.
Knightly is trying to stand back up.
Yamamoto has the hooks in. Knightly is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Knightly has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Knightly is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Knightly is trying to get back to his feet but Yamamoto has full control of the position and if anything, Knightly has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yamamoto looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Knightly is trying to stand back up.
I really don't envy Knightly right now.
Knightly holding both Yamamoto 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knightly grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Yamamoto doesn't have the hooks in and Knightly manages to turn into his guard.
Knightly would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Yamamoto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Knightly is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Yamamoto jumps into side control!
Yamamoto landing a few strikes.
Knightly misses with a strike from the bottom.
Yamamoto works to advance to full mount. Knightly defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto scoring with strikes but Knightly is staying in there.
Knightly squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Knightly is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Knightly can't escape the position.
Knightly's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Yamamoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Knightly is looking to get to half guard.

Yamamoto is working for a guillotine from mount but Knightly frees his head quite easily.
Knightly is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knightly tries to hold on but Yamamoto postures up.
Knightly is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yamamoto landing shots from mount.
Knightly is looking to get to half guard.
Yamamoto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knightly looks a forlorn figure.
Yamamoto landing strikes from the mount.
Yamamoto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yamamoto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knightly looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Go Yamamoto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Yamamoto rushes Knightly and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Yamamoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knightly tries to score a body lock takedown but Yamamoto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Knightly can't get the takedown.
Go Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keira Knightly.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knightly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knightly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yamamoto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Knightly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
Knightly wants a takedown but no success here.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Knightly wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto lands a big knee! That's hurt Knightly! Oh, he's all over the place! Yamamoto lands another knee that sends Knightly to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Go Yamamoto!