PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takuma Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Takuma Yamato has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Takuma Yamato
vs
Johnson

165 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
144 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takuma Yamato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
A head kick from Yamato lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.

Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Yamato did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yamato blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.
Yamato tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yamato is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Yamato wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Yamato might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Yamato is rocked!
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Yamato is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Johnson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Yamato looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yamato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Yamato is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yamato is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
Yamato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Yamato tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yamato blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.
Yamato taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Yamato quite badly. Yamato pulls Johnson in close trying to recover. Johnson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Yamato on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Yamato doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Johnson!
Ivan Johnson took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.