PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Nelson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Go Yamamoto's chin.

Yamamoto
vs
Nelson

177 cm
22
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
136 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Nelson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.

Yamamoto forces Nelson back against the ropes and clinches.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson is looking to control Yamamoto's arms but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson is trying to stall.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but Yamamoto blocks it.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
Nelson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yamamoto gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Yamamoto letting Nelson take a breather here.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The is referee keeping an eye on Nelson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Yamamoto improves position.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Yamamoto takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamamoto's brow.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yamamoto throws an elbow but misses.
Nelson avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Nelson.

Yamamoto is fighting off a takedown attempt but Nelson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Yamamoto to the mat. Yamamoto regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Nelson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Nelson clinches.
Nelson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nelson is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yamamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamamoto's brow.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Nelson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Go Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Nelson.
Nelson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yamamoto's face.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Nelson shrugs off.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nelson just leaning against Yamamoto, taking a breather.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson wants to stall.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson stalling against the ropes.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Nelson.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Yamamoto shrugs off.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Nelson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto blocks an elbow strike from Nelson.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Nelson.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson lands an elbow that stopped Yamamoto in his tracks for a moment.

Nelson jumps into guard, dragging Yamamoto to the mat.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nelson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nelson is keen to just control but Yamamoto is a slippery customer.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Nelson is going to stand back up.
Nelson content to control rather than advance.

Nelson wants to work for an arm triangle but Yamamoto is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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 six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Yamamoto is looking to improve his position.
Nelson trying to control from half guard but Yamamoto is working away.
Nelson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto manages to get to full guard.
Yamamoto throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nelson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yamamoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nelson wants to control from the top but Yamamoto keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Yamamoto circles away from the clinch attempt.

Nelson has closed the distance and engaged Yamamoto in a clinch.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the ropes.
Nelson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yamamoto's face.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson stalling.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Yamamoto is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yamamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but Yamamoto blocks it.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Roger Nelson has been cut.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson looking to stall.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
Nelson wants to stall.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nelson's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Go Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roger Nelson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Yamamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up

and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nelson.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Nelson trying to stall but Yamamoto improves his position.
Nelson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamamoto is keeping busy.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Nelson wants to stall.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson is looking to control Yamamoto's arms but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Yamamoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the ropes.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Yamamoto is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Nelson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson tries to stall but Yamamoto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the body.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Nelson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Go Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Nelson.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson stalls.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson wants to stall.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Go Yamamoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamamoto avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson lands an elbow that stopped Yamamoto in his tracks for a moment.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Yamamoto's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Nelson.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Nelson successfully pulls guard.
Nelson is looking to stand up but Yamamoto isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson keeping full guard, as Yamamoto tries to pass.
Nelson wants to sweep here but Yamamoto controlling him for the moment.
Yamamoto throwing strikes from guard but Nelson blocks nicely.
Nelson wants to stand up but Yamamoto is controlling him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nelson is on top in guard.
Nelson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nelson passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Nelson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nelson laying and praying for a moment but Yamamoto takes advantage and regains half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto gets full guard.
Yamamoto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yamamoto is striking off his back. Nelson thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Nelson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yamamoto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's eight 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.
Yamamoto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nelson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nelson's back!
Nelson trying to control the action but Yamamoto just sinks the hooks in.
Nelson wants to get back to his feet.
Nelson is trying to break free.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Nelson manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Yamamoto is now in side control.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound.

Nelson is rocked!
Nelson tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

And that's the end of the fight!
Go Yamamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yamamoto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Go Yamamoto!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Go Yamamoto!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Go Yamamoto!

Go Yamamoto wins by unanimous decision!