PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yves Jabouin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabouin comes into the arena with Trobule On My Mind- Pusha T and Tyler The Creator blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jabouin
vs
Black

175 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
130 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yves Jabouin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, James Black!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black shoots in looking for a takedown. Jabouin tries to sprawl out of it but Black keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jabouin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Good leg kick by Jabouin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Black closes the distance but Jabouin moves to the side
and Jabouin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jabouin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jabouin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jabouin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jabouin throws out a leg kick but Black moves out of range and Jabouin only half commits.
A jab from Jabouin misses.
Jabouin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Black is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Black throws a jab when Jabouin was well out of range.
Jabouin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jabouin slips a straight right by Black.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jabouin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jabouin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Jabouin. That snapped Black's head back.
Black tries for a takedown but Jabouin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jabouin connects with a body shot.
Jabouin throws a leg kick but Black sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Black blocks the leg kick.
Black misses with an uppercut. Jabouin saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Jabouin.
Jabouin throws a chopping leg kick but Black manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jabouin. That's going to slow Black down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jabouin. Black shrugs it off though.
Black throws the left hand but Jabouin avoids the punch easily.
Black tries to clinch up but Jabouin circles away and keeps his distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jabouin swivels and escapes.
Yves Jabouin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Black.
Jabouin scoring well with a low kick there.
Jabouin checks a low kick from Black.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Black.
Jabouin thumps Black with a low kick.
Jabouin slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Jabouin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Black throws a solid leg kick but Jabouin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Black.
A lazy left from Jabouin finds it's target.
Black shoots in for a takedown but Jabouin shows good takedown defense.
James Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabouin lands a head shot.
Jabouin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Black closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jabouin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Black's knee momentarily.
Jabouin swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Jabouin lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jabouin.
Jabouin scoring well with a low kick there.
Black shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jabouin as he avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jabouin.
Black looks winded!
Jabouin throws a head kick but Black moves out of range.
Black swings for the body but Jabouin moves out of range.
Black looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jabouin misses the shot to the body.
Black tries to clinch but Jabouin moves away
and Jabouin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black is trying desperately to land a takedown but Jabouin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Black.
Jabouin cracks Black with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jabouin blocks a jab.
Black takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jabouin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jabouin just misses with a punch to the body.
Black throws an off balance right hand
and Jabouin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a jab when Jabouin was well out of range.
Black's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Black tries to clinch up
and Jabouin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jabouin tries to land a front kick but Black steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Black shoots in and drives through. Jabouin sprawls well.
Black misses with an uppercut. Jabouin saw that one coming.
Black misses with a right hand
and Jabouin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Black throws a sloppy head kick and Jabouin moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Jabouin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jabouin, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black looks for a takedown but Jabouin sprawls well.
Jabouin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jabouin lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yves Jabouin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jabouin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Black if he has to take too many more of those.

Black is rocked!

It looks like James Black has been cut.
Jabouin pounces like a tiger and cracks Black with a vicious hook! Black is down but not out! Jabouin follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yves Jabouin!
Yves Jabouin spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.