PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ready Go (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Go
vs
Yamato

168 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
155 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ready Go!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hans Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Go. No joy for Yamato on that attempt.
Yamato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yamato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Go definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Go cracks Yamato with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yamato tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Go defends well and Yamato ends up having to push Go into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Go throws a shot from downtown. Yamato moves away and avoids it.
Go misses with a wild combination.
Go throws a lazy uppercut

and Yamato counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Go is pulling down on Yamato's head to control his posture.
Yamato throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Go works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Go looking to control.
Go preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Go preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Go preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yamato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Go pulls Yamato in close to prevent any damage.
Yamato with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yamato trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yamato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Go on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Go tries to get out of the position.
Yamato lands a couple of digs.
Go knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yamato on the ground.
Yamato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yamato stopping the sweep attempt from Go.
Yamato seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Go working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yamato.
Go is trying to control the position but Yamato postures up.
Yamato stopping the sweep attempt from Go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamato with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yamato trying to control but Go is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yamato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yamato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Go is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yamato is looking to work some ground and pound but Go has wrist control.
Yamato throwing strikes but missing.
Go avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yamato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamato stopping the sweep attempt from Go.
Yamato throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Go works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Go working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yamato.
Yamato chips away with some ground and pound.
Yamato trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yamato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yamato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Go utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yamato trying to control but Go is working from the bottom.
Yamato throwing strikes but missing.
Go is trying to control the position but Yamato postures up.
Go throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yamato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yamato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yamato throwing strikes from guard but Go blocks nicely.
Yamato trying to control the position from guard on top but Go is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yamato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yamato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamato postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamato trying to control the position from guard on top but Go is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yamato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yamato is in close to Go's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yamato postures up in Go's guard and throws a big left but Go blocks it.
Yamato throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yamato lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Go preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yamato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yamato throwing strikes from guard but Go blocks nicely.
Go avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Yamato dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yamato gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Go.
Go lands a two punch combo.
Yamato slips under a jab from Go.
Yamato on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Go throws a hook but Yamato avoids it easily.
Yamato tries to move into range but Go moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yamato blocks a jab.
Yamato moves forwards but Go connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Yamato shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Go napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The strikes coming from Yamato are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Yamato misses with the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Yamato are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Yamato working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Yamato throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamato lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamato creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Go sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
An elbow from Yamato crashes against the mat.
Yamato misses with the ground and pound.
Yamato tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yamato fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yamato misses with the ground and pound.
An elbow from Yamato crashes against the mat.
Yamato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yamato works to advance to full mount. Go defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Yamato punching from mount but Go doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yamato misses with a head shot.
Yamato throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Go wants to control but Yamato is having none of it.
Yamato throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamato looking to ground and pound but Go is blocking nicely.
Yamato misses with a head shot.
Yamato can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Go is looking to escape.
Yamato throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamato fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Go is rocked!
Yamato postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Go badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Yamato around the waist but Yamato pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Yamato is the winner by TKO! Yamato jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Yamato!