PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuta Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Van De Velde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Van De Velde will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Yamashita
vs
Van De Velde

183 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

225 cm
29
205 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuta Yamashita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Van De Velde!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van De Velde has managed to clinch.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

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

It looks like Yuta Yamashita has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Van De Velde sends Yamashita crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Van De Velde is motioning to the referee to let Yamashita up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Yamashita is rocked!
Yamashita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van De Velde connects with a solid leg kick.
Van De Velde connects with a leg kick. Yamashita looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Van De Velde closes the distance and clinches.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamashita on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van De Velde. Van De Velde obviously looking to wear him down.
Van De Velde throws a head kick that half lands.

Van De Velde moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van De Velde manages to break the clinch.

Van De Velde moves into the clinch.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robert Van De Velde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Van De Velde takes the fight into the clinch.

Van De Velde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van De Velde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamashita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yamashita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Yamashita tries to keep at a distance but Van De Velde has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamashita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Van De Velde breaks from the clinch.

Van De Velde instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita wants to get back to striking at distance but Van De Velde won't allow it.
Yamashita wants to get back to striking at distance but Van De Velde won't allow it.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch.
Van De Velde throws a combination that misses
and Yamashita counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van De Velde tries to clinch up but Yamashita circles away and keeps his distance.

Van De Velde drives through and clinches with Yamashita against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Van De Velde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van De Velde is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Van De Velde closes the distance and clinches.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch.
Van De Velde throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van De Velde lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yamashita will feel that in the morning.
Van De Velde scores with a punch to the head.

Van De Velde has Yamashita up against the cage in a clinch.
Van De Velde keeps control of Yamashita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch.

Van De Velde pushes Yamashita up against the cage in a clinch.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Van De Velde forces Yamashita back against the cage and clinches.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch.

Van De Velde takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Van De Velde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van De Velde misses with the combination.

Van De Velde gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Van De Velde is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Yamashita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van De Velde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamashita takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick misses from Van De Velde.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Van De Velde pushes Yamashita up against the cage in a clinch.

Van De Velde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Van De Velde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuta Yamashita'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.

Van De Velde connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yamashita momentarily.

Van De Velde lands a big head kick that sends Yamashita tumbling to the mat! Van De Velde takes a step backwards and waves Yamashita back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Yamashita is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van De Velde lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Yamashita falls backwards - clearly groggy! Van De Velde dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Van De Velde!