PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daiki Yamaguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wotan Krigson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krigson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Finntroll - Trollhammaren. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Yamaguchi
vs
Krigson

185 cm
28
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

210 cm
28
300 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daiki Yamaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wotan Krigson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krigson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.

Krigson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.

Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krigson.

It looks like Daiki Yamaguchi has been cut.
Yamaguchi throws the left hand but Krigson avoids the punch easily.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Krigson's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Krigson throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi throws out a loose jab but Krigson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krigson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Krigson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krigson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krigson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Krigson fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamaguchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Yamaguchi.
Krigson struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamaguchi controls his hands.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Krigson controls the action.
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krigson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krigson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Krigson controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Krigson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krigson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yamaguchi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Krigson controls his hands.
Yamaguchi working hard to break the clinch.
Yamaguchi blocks a body shot from Krigson.
Krigson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krigson.
Yamaguchi lands a nice uppercut.
Krigson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krigson has Yamaguchi pressed against the cage, preventing Yamaguchi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamaguchi throws a right and a left that Krigson avoids nicely.
Krigson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yamaguchi.
Krigson moves away from the strike by Yamaguchi.
Krigson wants to counter with a clinch but Yamaguchi pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krigson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yamaguchi misses with a lunging right hand
and Krigson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Krigson throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a three punch combo that has Krigson backing up. Krigson nods at Yamaguchi to acknowledge the strikes.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the body
and Krigson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamaguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krigson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Krigson's ribcage but misses.
Krigson wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaguchi. Krigson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krigson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Krigson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Krigson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Krigson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Krigson as the two fighters clinch.
Yamaguchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yamaguchi tries to break free but Krigson pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Krigson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yamaguchi is breathing heavily.
A short left from Krigson.
Krigson lands with a short shot to the head.
Krigson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Krigson can't find room to land a body shot as Yamaguchi controls the action.
Krigson misses with a punch to the body.
Krigson lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamaguchi or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Krigson.
Krigson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Yamaguchi to his knees! Krigson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wotan Krigson!
Wotan Krigson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Shinobi logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Daiki Yamaguchi spoke after the fight, saying 'Sepukku!!!'.