PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshi Kamazaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi Kamazaki has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joe Jacobs's chin.

Jacobs
vs
Kamazaki

185 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

212 cm
29
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshi Kamazaki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamazaki pushes Jacobs up against the cage in a clinch.
Kamazaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jacobs wants to take the fight to the mat but Kamazaki manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Kamazaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kamazaki rushes Jacobs and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kamazaki stalling the fight.
Jacobs tries to work over Kamazaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jacobs tries to work over Kamazaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jacobs takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Kamazaki.

Kamazaki manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jacobs loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jacobs might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kamazaki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kamazaki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jacobs stands up over Kamazaki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jacobs postures up.
Jacobs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacobs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Jacobs drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jacobs jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacobs drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Jacobs seems to have locked his on tight now - Kamazaki screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Jacobs, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Joe Jacobs!