PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 1768 p4p, 237 weight class) and Lorenzo Turturro (ranked 1889 p4p, 255 weight class). Yoshida comes to the cage accompanied by Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yoshida
vs
Turturro

184 cm
37
210 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

190 cm
31
218 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuto Yoshida!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida connects with a single shot there.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turturro digs a good hook to Yoshida's body.
Turturro scores with a sloppy right hand. Yoshida should have avoided that one.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
Turturro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Good shot there by Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Turturro moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Yoshida. Those never looked like landing.
Turturro misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yoshida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turturro. That did some damage!
Turturro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yoshida. Yoshida circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Turturro has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Yoshida scores with a decent looking hook.
Turturro misses the jab.
Yoshida explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Turturro misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Turturro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turturro was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turturro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Turturro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turturro.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turturro.
Turturro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turturro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Turturro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yoshida momentarily.
Turturro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turturro throws a shot from downtown. Yoshida moves away and avoids it.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turturro.

Turturro gets tackled into the cage by Yoshida. Yoshida maintains the clinch.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Turturro controls his hands.
Yoshida tries to work over Turturro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yoshida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yoshida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turturro connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Turturro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turturro.
Yoshida wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turturro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turturro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turturro misses the jab.
Turturro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Turturro keeps the fight on the outside.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.

Turturro instigates a clinch.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turturros head.
Turturro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turturro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yoshida.
Yoshida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Turturro blocking some punches.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turturro blocks an uppercut.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Turturro throws knees to the body.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Turturro throws knees to the body.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Turturro's head.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yoshida.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro lands an uppercut.
Yoshida managing to block the knees to the body from Turturro.
Turturro misses with the head strike.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turturro looks winded!
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.

Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yoshida.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Turturro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yoshida - the referee stops the clock and Turturro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yoshida. Turturro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yoshida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Yoshida has closed the distance and engaged Turturro in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turturro.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Turturro throws knees to the body.

Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turturro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turturro.

Yoshida has Turturro up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yoshida.
Turturro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yoshida is defending well for now.
Yoshida lands with a light punch inside.
Turturro has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida managing to block the knees to the body from Turturro.
Yoshida blocks an uppercut.
Turturro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoshida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoshida scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yoshida lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turturro backwards.

Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshida scores with a jab.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Turturro sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yoshida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turturro loads up on a big right hand but Yoshida slips the punch.
Yoshida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoshida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turturro has time to react.
Turturro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida looks to land a combination. Turturro sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yoshida throws a low kick but Turturro avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida is looking to wear down Turturro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yoshida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Turturro is rocked!
Turturro glances at the clock... BAM! Yoshida nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Turturro crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Turturro is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuuto Yoshida!
Yuuto Yoshida is the new light heavyweight champion!
Yuuto Yoshida gave a mention to Groove Gear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).