PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Yamazaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Martelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Yamazaki
vs
Martelli

210 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

203 cm
25
288 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

160q Energy (157 for $35)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yuri Yamazaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Martelli!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martelli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Martelli stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Martelli shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yamazaki is trying to defend but Martelli finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Martelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yamazaki defending well though.
Yamazaki scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Martelli manages to mount him!
Martelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martelli looking for a guillotine from mount but Yamazaki is having none of it.
Martelli controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martelli throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Yamazaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martelli on the ground.
Martelli lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Martelli with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martelli working for a guillotine from mount but Yamazaki is in no mood to give up.

Martelli is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Yamazaki to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Yamazaki shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Martelli has hold of Yamazaki's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yamazaki manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Martelli tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Martelli is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Yamazaki to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Yamazaki shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martelli looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Martelli controlling the pace for now.
Yamazaki is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martelli prevents Yamazaki from getting the reversal.
Yamazaki blocking the ground and pound.
Martelli controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Martelli get's back to his feet.

Yamazaki lands a big head kick that sends Martelli tumbling to the mat! Yamazaki takes a step backwards and waves Martelli back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Rafael Martelli has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamazaki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamazaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martelli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martelli looks gassed!
Martelli avoids the head kick by Yamazaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rafael Martelli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rafael Martelli's cut.
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.

Yamazaki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Whack! Yamazaki lands a heavy head kick that drops Martelli. The ref tackles Yamazaki to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Martelli was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Yuri Yamazaki!
After the fight, Yuri Yamazaki was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.