PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivin St Daintoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Daintoro
vs
Yu

189 cm
25
263 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

195 cm
32
255 lbs
14 - 20 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olivin St Daintoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Yu!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Daintoro tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from St Daintoro. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from St Daintoro misses its intended target.
Yu misses with a straight left.
St Daintoro needs to keep his hands up - Yu had a free shot at his head there.
St Daintoro misses with a wild body shot.
St Daintoro misses with a straight right.
Yu misses with a low kick.
Yu lands with a nice body punch.
St Daintoro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yu fails to land with a series of punches.
St Daintoro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yu lands a nice hook to St Daintoro's body. St Daintoro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yu lands a leg kick that knocks St Daintoro off balance momentarily.
Yu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Daintoro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Daintoro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yu.
St Daintoro throws a big shot that misses.
Yu scores with the left hand. St Daintoro knows he should have avoided that one.
St Daintoro misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Daintoro throws out a loose jab but Yu uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Daintoro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Daintoro lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jack Yu has been cut.
Nice body punch from St Daintoro.
Yu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St Daintoro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
St Daintoro misses with a hook.

A momentary lapse in concentration from St Daintoro enables Yu to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. St Daintoro manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
St Daintoro wants to stand and escape but Yu is having none of it.
Yu is in close to St Daintoro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Daintoro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Daintoro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Daintoro keeping moving, preventing Yu from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu stops St Daintoro from standing up.
Yu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yu throws a strike but St Daintoro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Yu managing to control the position.

St Daintoro decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Yu, up you get!
Olivin St Daintoro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Daintoro circles away quickly and effectively.
St Daintoro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yu lands a jab.
Yu misses with the combination.
St Daintoro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Daintoro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
St Daintoro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Yu.
Yu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck St Daintoro on the side of the head.
Yu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Daintoro was well out of range. Poor timing from Yu.
Yu looks for a takedown but St Daintoro sprawls well.
St Daintoro misses with a looping right.
A big right from St Daintoro misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Yu misses the target.
Yu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
St Daintoro stalks Yu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yu's face. Yu staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Daintoro misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Daintoro.
Yu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St Daintoro misses with a wild body shot.
St Daintoro lands a jab to Yu's midsection.
Horrible takedown by Yu or perhaps it was just good defense by St Daintoro which made him look bad.
Nice jab there from Yu.
Yu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Daintoro had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yu connects with a looping right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yu.
Olivin St Daintoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Yu.
St Daintoro blocks a leg kick.
Yu lands a jab to St Daintoro's midsection.
St Daintoro connects with a right hand. Yu shakes it off.
Yu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Daintoro moves away.

Yu clinches up against the cage.
St Daintoro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yu to keep the fight standing.
St Daintoro wants to get back to striking at distance but Yu won't allow it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Daintoro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
St Daintoro looking to stall.
St Daintoro jumps guard but Yu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
St Daintoro blocks an elbow strike.
St Daintoro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yu misses with an elbow over the top.
St Daintoro avoiding damage as Yu throws knees to the body.
St Daintoro is trying to pull guard but Yu turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yu tries to throw a body punch but St Daintoro avoids it by throwing Yu back against the cage.
St Daintoro is looking for a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Yu scores with a nice short uppercut.
St Daintoro is looking to break free of the clinch but Yu has double underhooks.
St Daintoro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yu works on St Daintoro's body with a couple of short punches.
St Daintoro is breathing heavily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Daintoro working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Yu.
Yu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Olivin St Daintoro has been cut.
Yu blocks an uppercut.

St Daintoro gets control of Yu's arms and successfully pulls guard. St Daintoro will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Yu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yu throws a big right hand that misses.
Yu won't allow St Daintoro to get back to his feet.
Yu slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yu throws a strike but St Daintoro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro tries to stand but Yu is controlling from the bottom.
St Daintoro wants to stand and escape but instead Yu has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
St Daintoro is looking to stand up but Yu isn't so interested in that idea.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Yu cracks St Daintoro with a solid left hand.
Yu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Daintoro's head.
Yu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yu throwing strikes from guard but St Daintoro blocks nicely.
Yu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Daintoro's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Daintoro wants to get back to his feet but Yu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yu is looking to work some ground and pound but St Daintoro has wrist control.
Yu throws a big elbow that misses.
St Daintoro is looking to stand up but Yu isn't so interested in that idea.
Yu working some strikes from top position.
Yu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

St Daintoro kicks Yu off and gets to his feet.
St Daintoro tries to bum rush Yu with a series of wild strikes but Yu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yu misses with a straight left.
Yu with a hook.
Yu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
St Daintoro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yu.
Yu tries to bum rush St Daintoro with a series of wild strikes but St Daintoro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - St Daintoro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. St Daintoro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Daintoro slips a jab and a cross from Yu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Daintoro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
St Daintoro thows a body shot but no joy.
Yu tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Yu dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yu throws a body punch but St Daintoro moves out of range.
Yu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Daintoro.
A head kick from Yu lands but St Daintoro takes it in his stride.
St Daintoro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Yu darts in and clinches St Daintoro up against the cage.
St Daintoro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Daintoro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Yu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yu lands a high kick!
St Daintoro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yu scores with a shot to the body.
St Daintoro lands with a kick to the temple. Yu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St Daintoro throws a shot from downtown. Yu moves away and avoids it.
Olivin St Daintoro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yu misses with a takedown attempt - St Daintoro sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Daintoro misses with a hook.
Yu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Daintoro.
St Daintoro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Daintoro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yu was well out of range. Poor timing from St Daintoro.
Yu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Daintoro manages to avoid it.
St Daintoro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yu.
Yu thows a body shot but no joy.
Yu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St Daintoro.
Yu scores with a shot to the body.
St Daintoro walks into a left hand.
St Daintoro throws a jab when Yu was well out of range.
A punch combination from St Daintoro misses.

Yu fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging St Daintoro to the ground. Yu is now in St Daintoro's guard.

Yu stands up from St Daintoro's guard - Yu perhaps looking for a knockout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice defenses there by Yu.
St Daintoro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yu back to the cage. St Daintoro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Daintoro circles away quickly and effectively.
Yu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Olivin St Daintoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Yu.
St Daintoro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yu on the side of the head.
A jab from Yu misses.
St Daintoro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yu circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Yu does no damage.
St Daintoro cracks Yu with a right hand to the side of the head.
St Daintoro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Daintoro thows a body shot but no joy.
St Daintoro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yu scores with a jab.
Yu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St Daintoro is fending him off so far but Yu persists. Nope, St Daintoro circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yu. That's going to slow St Daintoro down.
St Daintoro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yu feints and then cracks St Daintoro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Daintoro down.
Yu looks to land a right hand but St Daintoro moved out of range.
Yu moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro stuns Yu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Daintoro takes one to the chin there.
Yu misses with a hook.
St Daintoro lands with a kick to the temple. Yu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That has opened up Jack Yu's cut even more.
St Daintoro with a jab.
Yu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yu looks for a takedown but St Daintoro sprawls well.
Yu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from St Daintoro does no damage.
Yu is looking to clinch but St Daintoro is avoiding it.
Yu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - St Daintoro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yu lands a slapping body shot.
St Daintoro misses with a series of wild punches.
St Daintoro misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Daintoro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

St Daintoro pushes Yu off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Yu lands a jab to the nose.
St Daintoro fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Daintoro. Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Daintoro moves out of range as Yu strikes.
Yu scores with a nice head shot.
Yu throws a body punch but St Daintoro moves out of range.
St Daintoro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yu throws a combination. St Daintoro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
St Daintoro misses with a straight left.
Yu shoots in and drives through. St Daintoro sprawls well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro slips a jab and a cross from Yu.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by St Daintoro.
A punch lands to the side of Yu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
St Daintoro misses with a looping right.
St Daintoro looks to throw the jab but Yu is out of range.
St Daintoro thows a left - swing and a miss!
St Daintoro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yu can pounce on him.
Yu lands with a nice combination. St Daintoro backs away looking to recover.
St Daintoro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yu manages to avoid it.
St Daintoro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yu.
Yu fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Daintoro misses with a head kick.
Yu takes one to the side of the head.
St Daintoro lands an overhand right.
St Daintoro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Yu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yu connects with a jab.
Olivin St Daintoro is winning the standup battle so far.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Daintoro throws a right and a left that Yu avoids nicely.
Yu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Daintoro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yu.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yu, right into the meat.
St Daintoro misses with an uppercut.

Yu shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. St Daintoro manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
St Daintoro wants to get back to his feet but Yu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yu is in close to St Daintoro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Daintoro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Yu lands a couple of elbows.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yu trying to control the position from guard on top but St Daintoro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yu throws a big right hand that misses.
Yu trying to control but St Daintoro is working from the bottom.

Jack Yu has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Yu moves in looking to clinch but St Daintoro pushes him off.
Yu scores with a punch to the head.
Yu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yu.
Yu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Daintoro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Daintoro lands with a straight right. Yu didn't see that one coming.
Yu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Daintoro.
St Daintoro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yu momentarily.
Yu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Daintoro throws a hook to the side of Yu's head but Yu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Daintoro was well out of range. Poor timing from Yu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Daintoro loads up on a big right hand but Yu slips the punch.
Yu connects with the punch.
Both fighters circling a little - St Daintoro finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yu connects with an inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from St Daintoro.
St Daintoro takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Daintoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yu moves away.
St Daintoro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yu lands a nice hook to St Daintoro's body. St Daintoro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Daintoro tries to bum rush Yu with a series of wild strikes but Yu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Daintoro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
St Daintoro blocks a low kick nicely.
Yu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Daintoro looks to land a combination but Yu avoids it well.
Yu thuds a left hand into St Daintoro's body.
A combination from St Daintoro does no damage.
Yu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Daintoro throws out the jab.
Yu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Yu throws a series of strikes that have St Daintoro backpedaling.
St Daintoro scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu fails to land the takedown.
St Daintoro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yu.
St Daintoro misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Yu.
I think Yu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Jack Yu!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Jack Yu!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Jack Yu!

Jack Yu wins by unanimous decision!
Jack Yu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.