PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Yamazaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Britto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuri Yamazaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yamazaki
vs
Britto

210 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
263 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Britto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamazaki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice sprawl there from Yamazaki as Britto shoots in.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yamazaki.
Yuri Yamazaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamazaki throws a head kick that misses.
Britto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Britto darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Britto stops Yamazaki from getting back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Britto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yamazaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Britto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yamazaki's head.
Britto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yamazaki is trying to control but can't.
Britto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamazaki is trying to control but can't.
Britto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Britto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Britto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Britto there.
Britto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Britto there.
Britto is nestled in close to Yamazaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Britto working over Yamazaki with some ground and pound. Yamazaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Britto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Britto lands strikes from half guard.
Britto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yamazaki has hold of Britto's hands but Britto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Britto working the head and body with strikes.
Yamazaki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Britto working Yamazaki over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Britto drops an elbow to the side of Yamazaki's head.
Britto prevents Yamazaki from standing back up.
Britto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Britto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yamazaki defending well though.
Yamazaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Britto on the ground.
Britto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yamazaki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Britto working over Yamazaki with some ground and pound. Yamazaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamazaki is breathing heavily.
Britto throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Yamazaki to regain full guard.
Britto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yamazaki's head.
Britto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yamazaki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Britto stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Britto.
Britto blocks a head kick by Yamazaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britto fails with the takedown.
Yuri Yamazaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Britto.
Britto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yamazaki circles away.

Britto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yamazaki!
Britto breaks from Yamazaki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Britto cracks Yamazaki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Yamazaki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Britto with a couple of short strikes.
Yamazaki is looking to get to half guard.
Britto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Britto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Britto.
Britto working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Yamazaki is rocked!
Britto loads up with a big shot that hurts Yamazaki! He's pulled Britto in close but Britto has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Yamazaki survive? More strikes from Britto and Yamazaki is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Diogo Britto!