PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshida Yamaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshida Yamaru has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yamaru
vs
Blood

181 cm
26
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
152 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshida Yamaru!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Blood !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaru gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Blood decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yamaru's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Yamaru keeping moving, preventing Blood from controlling successfully.
Blood tries to stand but Yamaru is controlling from the bottom.
Blood must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Blood avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yamaru is trying to keep Blood in close.
Blood wants to control from the top but Yamaru keeps moving.
Yamaru throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blood engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Yamaru is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood pushing down on Yamaru's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Blood is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yamaru is trying to get back to full guard.
Yamaru moves into full guard.
Blood looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yamaru keeping moving, preventing Blood from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaru throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blood trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamaru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamaru tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blood trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamaru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yamaru is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Blood defends well.

Blood avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamaru bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blood 's guard.
Blood wants to stand and escape but Yamaru is having none of it.
Blood striking off his back but it's not causing Yamaru any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood keeping full guard, as Yamaru tries to pass.
Yamaru works over Blood with some ground and pound from guard.
Blood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamaru wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.
Yamaru passes into half guard.
Yamaru is keen to just control but Blood is a slippery customer.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yamaru connects with a nice short shot to Blood 's temple.
Yamaru not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blood has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Yamaru is working away from the top position though.
Blood is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaru seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blood does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Yamaru is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Blood misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yamaru with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yamaru 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaru not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blood is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yamaru scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yamaru throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yamaru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Blood pushes Yamaru off looking to stand but Yamaru dives back in and keeps control.
Yamaru works his way into side control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Blood is looking to reverse the position.
Blood struggling a bit here.
Yamaru scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Blood to see if he's OK.
Blood is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yamaru moves into full mount!
Yamaru landing shots from mount.
Yamaru has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blood 's face.
Yamaru is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Yamaru landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaru lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Yamaru with a couple of short strikes.

Blood is rocked!
Blood is trying desperately to improve position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yamaru tries to control but Blood wriggling away.
Yamaru is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Blood can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Yamaru is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Yamaru!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Yoshida Yamaru!
Yoshida Yamaru is the new featherweight champion!