PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 184 p4p, 28 weight class) and Bonerz McGee (ranked 124 p4p, 22 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yamaguchi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Yama Yama. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Bonerz McGee enters the cage!

Yamaguchi
vs
McGee

176 cm
26
160 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

175 cm
27
165 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Yamaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bonerz McGee!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaguchi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGee on the side of the head.
McGee avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi thows a body kick. McGee tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've been told by Yamaguchi's head coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yamaguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McGee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGee counters with a thumping low kick.
The fighters circling - Yamaguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamaguchi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut. McGee saw that one coming.
McGee throws a front kick aimed at Yamaguchi's knee but Yamaguchi avoids it well.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
McGee misses with a wild body shot.
Yamaguchi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGee lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yamaguchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGee checks it well.
McGee moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaguchi.
McGee connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yamaguchi momentarily.
McGee takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi avoids the head kick by McGee.
McGee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

McGee throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Yamaguchi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. McGee is in Yamaguchi's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Yamaguchi manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch to the body.

Yamaguchi breaks the clinch.
McGee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the liver by Yamaguchi. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaguchi lands with a shot to the body.
McGee lunges at Yamaguchi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamaguchi's hand.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping right.
McGee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamaguchi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but McGee sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McGee cracks Yamaguchi with a right hand to the side of the head.
McGee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee looks to land a body kick but Yamaguchi moved away.
Yamaguchi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Yamaguchi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yamaguchi tries to land a front kick but McGee steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yamaguchi moves out of range as McGee throws a body kick.
It looked like Yamaguchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yamaguchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGee checks it well.
The crowd cheers as McGee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yamaguchi doesn't seem phased though.
McGee avoids the head kick by Yamaguchi.
McGee only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McGee lands with a right hand.
McGee throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamaguchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi misses with a jab to the body
letting McGee counter with a right hand.
McGee misses with an uppercut. Yamaguchi saw that one coming.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
McGee misses with a hook
and Yamaguchi counters with a straight right hand.
McGee sizes up Yamaguchi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yamaguchi lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamaguchi lands a slapping body shot.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi's jab looks to have found its range, popping McGee under the eye.

McGee drives through and clinches with Yamaguchi against the cage.
McGee misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from McGee.
Yamaguchi lands a body shot.
McGee swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGee misses with a body punch.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by McGee.
Nice body punch from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi tries a body shot but McGee blocks it.
McGee blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
McGee blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGee misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from McGee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamaguchi just stands there and leans against the cage.
A short uppercut from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi working aggressively here.
McGee has a couple of punches blocked by Yamaguchi.
Good body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but McGee uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi throws a head punch that misses.
McGee tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamaguchi smiles and moves away.
Kai Yamaguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bonerz McGee.
A low kick from McGee misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a low kick, right behind McGee 's knee.
McGee darts in trying to clinch
and Yamaguchi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yamaguchi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Yamaguchi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McGee slips a jab from Yamaguchi.
McGee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamaguchi thumps McGee with a low kick.
Yamaguchi slips a jab and a cross from McGee.
A big right from Yamaguchi misses.
McGee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the body kick from McGee.
McGee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi obviously looking to wear him down.
That kick from Yamaguchi tenderised McGee's leg. McGee is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamaguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGee throws out the jab.
McGee thows a leg kick but Yamaguchi checks it
and McGee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McGee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
McGee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGee.
Yamaguchi lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yamaguchi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGee can do to turn this around?
Yamaguchi scores with a hook.
Kai Yamaguchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamaguchi ducks under a wild hook from McGee.
Yamaguchi throws a jab when McGee was well out of range.
A lazy left from Yamaguchi finds it's target.
Yamaguchi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
McGee tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yamaguchi defends well and McGee ends up having to push Yamaguchi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Yamaguchi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yamaguchi's corner calls for a 1-2. Yamaguchi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McGee scores with the left hand. Yamaguchi knows he should have avoided that one.

McGee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McGee showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McGee looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yamaguchi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yamaguchi.
McGee postures up in Yamaguchi's guard and throws a big left but Yamaguchi blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yamaguchi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McGee content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yamaguchi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yamaguchi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yamaguchi controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGee throws an elbow that misses. Yamaguchi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McGee's guard. Nice move by Yamaguchi!

Yamaguchi trying to control the position from guard on top but McGee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGee looking for a guillotine here but Yamaguchi defends easily.
Yamaguchi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Yamaguchi advances position into side control!
McGee seems a little lost for a moment, as Yamaguchi dominates the positioning.
McGee is looking to regain half guard here but Yamaguchi keeps moving and retains side control.
McGee being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yamaguchi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Yamaguchi wants to lay and pray for a moment but McGee keeps working.
McGee tries to improve position but can't.

Yamaguchi decides to stand up, so the ref orders McGee to his feet.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a low kick but McGee moves his leg out of the way.
McGee misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Yamaguchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
McGee let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McGee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yamaguchi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McGee throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yamaguchi throws a hook but McGee blocks it.
McGee looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McGee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McGee takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGee throws a head kick that misses
letting Yamaguchi counter with a right hand.
McGee moves in looking to clinch but Yamaguchi pushes him off.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee looks for the body kick but Yamaguchi saw that one coming.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
McGee throws out a powerful jab.
Good work by Yamaguchi as he checks the leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGee.
It looked like Yamaguchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kai Yamaguchi is winning the standup battle so far.
McGee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McGee throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with the combination.
Yamaguchi throws out a leg kick but McGee moves out of range and Yamaguchi only half commits.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi throws a head kick that misses.
McGee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McGee misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yamaguchi missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGee, right into the meat.
McGee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yamaguchi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bonerz McGee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a straight left.
Yamaguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGee moves away.
McGee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamaguchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McGee misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Bonerz McGee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi misses with a few strikes there.
McGee throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
The fighters circling - Yamaguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
Good leg kick by McGee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McGee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yamaguchi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yamaguchi leaves McGee with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kai Yamaguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bonerz McGee.
McGee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Yamaguchi counter with a right hand.
Yamaguchi thuds a left hand into McGee's body.
McGee throws a leg kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Yamaguchi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McGee tries to clinch but Yamaguchi is having none of it.
McGee misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McGee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamaguchi's hands.
McGee has a takedown stuffed.
Yamaguchi throws a good cross that connects.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamaguchi.
McGee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamaguchi connects with a leg kick. McGee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws a low kick but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Yamaguchi staying out of range there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yamaguchi.
McGee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGee takes one on the button.
McGee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Yamaguchi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McGee.
McGee blocks the body kick.
Yamaguchi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McGee to score with a decent uppercut.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but McGee moves out of range.
Yamaguchi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGee.
McGee connects with a solid leg kick.
McGee misses with a looping left.
Yamaguchi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McGee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McGee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yamaguchi finds it's way round the side to connect with McGee's head.
Yamaguchi throws a jab but it's blocked by McGee.
Kai Yamaguchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McGee takes one to the chin there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Yamaguchi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yamaguchi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi!
A very excited looking Kai Yamaguchi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.