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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katsu Yamasaki (ranked 225 p4p, 213 weight class) and Neo Till (ranked 33 p4p, 32 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Katsu Yamasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neo Till!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamasaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Till takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yamasaki just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Till! But no joy.
Yamasaki cracks Till with a right hand to the side of the head.
Till scores with a hook.
Till has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A shot to the body from Yamasaki misses
and Till counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamasaki throws a lazy uppercut
and Till counters with a nice body shot.
Till takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yamasaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yamasaki throws a right hand that misses
and Till cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamasaki tries to clinch but Till moves out of range.
Till is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice body punch from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Till.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamasaki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yamasaki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yamasaki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yamasaki tries to move to mount but Till blocks the move with his legs.
Till gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Yamasaki prevents Till from improving his position.
Yamasaki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yamasaki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till keeping hold of Yamasaki's head, controlling as best he can.
Till is continuing to stall.
Till wants to get back to full guard.
Till is still trying to improve position.
Till wants to get back to full guard but Yamasaki has mounted him!
Yamasaki prevents Till from getting the reversal.
Till manages to control the position for a moment.
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!
Till tries to reverse the position but Yamasaki maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki avoids the attempt from Till to control.
Till sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Till is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Till is positioning himself well to prevent Yamasaki advancing to mount.
Till wants to control but Yamasaki is keeping busy.
Till controlling the position for now.
Till is looking to improve his position.
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.
Yamasaki is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Till doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Yamasaki.
Till is holding on to half guard well.
Yamasaki tries to pass to full mount but Till defends it.
Till is looking for a sweep. Yamasaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Till desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Till is trying to control but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Katsu Yamasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Till keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A little jabbing left from Till on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yamasaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Till can do to turn this around?
Yamasaki cracks Till with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yamasaki scores with a decent looking hook.
Yamasaki shoots in and gets a takedown into Till's guard.
Till keeping full guard, as Yamasaki tries to pass.
Till is controlling Yamasaki's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Till wants to improve his position but instead Yamasaki has moved into half guard.
Till tries to get to full guard but Yamasaki has control of the leg.
Till is concentrating on defense, preventing Yamasaki from advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till tries to roll over but Yamasaki keeps him under control.
Till keeping hold of Yamasaki's head, controlling as best he can.
Yamasaki wants to free his trapped foot but Till is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Till manages to get to full guard.
Yamasaki postures up.
Till looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yamasaki is one step ahead there.
Till has control of Yamasaki's left arm, preventing Yamasaki from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yamasaki postures up.
Till managing to control the position.
Yamasaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Till working a defensive guard here.
Till might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Yamasaki haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Till seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Till looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Yamasaki misses its intended target.
It seemed like Till was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yamasaki shoots in for a double leg but Till sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yamasaki misses with a left hand
and Till counters with a straight right hand.
Yamasaki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Till sprawls well initially but Yamasaki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Till is looking for a sweep. Yamasaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yamasaki is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Till really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki looking to secure an arm triangle but Till defends it well.
Yamasaki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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!
A nice elbow there by Yamasaki.
Till regains half guard.
Yamasaki passes to side control.
Yamasaki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Till is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Till wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Yamasaki has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Till's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Till is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Yamasaki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Katsu Yamasaki!
Katsu Yamasaki managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Shadow Realm Apparel, into his post fight interview.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
41% |
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