PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taka Yoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Laskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Yoshi
vs
Laskey

190 cm
31
220 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

195 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Heavy handed

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taka Yoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Laskey!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laskey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yoshi is breathing heavily.

Laskey has managed to clinch.
Laskey lands a good knee to the midsection. Yoshi won't want to take too many of those.
Yoshi blocks the elbow strike.
Laskey lands a knee to the head.

Laskey breaks from the clinch.
Yoshi thows a left - swing and a miss!

Laskey gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Laskey breaks the clinch.
Laskey tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoshi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laskey misses with a head kick.

Laskey clinches.
Yoshi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Laskey's efforts to push away.

Laskey breaks from the clinch.
Laskey moves in looking to clinch but Yoshi pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laskey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoshi counters with a nice uppercut.
Taka Yoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laskey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laskey wants to clinch but Yoshi slips to the side
and Yoshi counters with a big head kick but Laskey shrugs it off.
Laskey blocks a jab.

Laskey takes the fight into the clinch.
Laskey fails to pull guard.
Yoshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laskey tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoshi avoids the damage to the body.
Laskey blocking some punches.
Laskey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yoshi is defending well for now.

Laskey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yoshi misses with a low kick.

Laskey gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laskey has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yoshi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Laskey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshi's elbow.
Laskey lands a nice uppercut.
Laskey leaning against his opponent.
Laskey tries a knee to the head but Yoshi blocks it.
Yoshi misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshi is pressed up against the cage. Laskey has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoshi down to the mat. Yoshi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Taka Yoshi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Laskey.

Laskey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Laskey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yoshi misses with a body punch.
Yoshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laskey is trying to pull guard but Yoshi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Laskey blocking some punches.
Laskey has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yoshi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Laskey tries to land a knee to the head but Yoshi blocks with his arms.
Laskey has had enough of the clinch but Yoshi keeps him there for the moment.
Laskey throws an elbow that misses.
Laskey can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laskey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laskey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yoshi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Laskey.
Laskey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laskey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laskey is trying to break free.
Laskey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laskey digs a right hand underneath Yoshi's ribcage. Yoshi let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Laskey pulls Yoshi into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Laskey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yoshi manages to get himself to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laskey stays in close to Yoshi's body and controls the position.
Laskey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laskey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yoshi is keeping the position for now.
Laskey trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoshi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laskey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yoshi is keeping the position for now.
Laskey wants to control from the top but Yoshi keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jerry Laskey.
Laskey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laskey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laskey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Laskey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Laskey thuds a left hand into Yoshi's body.
Laskey tries to clinch up but Yoshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Laskey tries to clinch but Yoshi is having none of it.
Laskey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoshi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laskey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Taka Yoshi has been cut.

Laskey moves into range and clinches up with Yoshi.
Laskey lands an elbow that stopped Yoshi in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yoshi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laskey connects with a knee to the head.
Laskey changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yoshi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Laskey tries to clinch but Yoshi moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laskey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Laskey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laskey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laskey wants to take the fight to the mat but Yoshi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Yoshi looking to slow down the pace here.
Laskey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Laskey lands an elbow inside.

Laskey pulls Yoshi into guard.
Laskey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yoshi is one step ahead there.
Laskey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yoshi is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laskey is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Laskey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yoshi stops Laskey from standing up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jerry Laskey was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Laskey darts in trying to clinch
and Yoshi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laskey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laskey doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshi circles away.
Laskey wants to clinch up but Yoshi keeps it at a distance.
Laskey tries to clinch but Yoshi moves out of range.
Laskey moves to clinch but Yoshi breaks away

and Yoshi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Yoshi trying to control but Laskey is working from the bottom.
Laskey looking to control but Yoshi passes into half guard.
Laskey is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laskey trying to hold on to Yoshi's head to control him but Yoshi postures up.
Laskey tries to roll over but Yoshi keeps him under control.
Laskey is holding on to half guard well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Laskey trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Laskey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taka Yoshi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Laskey tries to clinch up but Yoshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Laskey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laskey shoots in but Yoshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Laskey wants to clinch up but Yoshi keeps it at a distance.
Yoshi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Laskey pinned against the cage. Laskey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Laskey drives through and clinches with Yoshi against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laskey misses with a knee strike.
Laskey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laskey scores with a shot to the side of Yoshi's head.
A shot in the inside from Laskey.
Laskey fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Laskey breaks the clinch.
Laskey misses with a few strikes there.
Laskey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yoshi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laskey misses with a wild combination.
Laskey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laskey fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laskey tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yoshi counters with a thumping low kick.
Laskey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Yoshi swats away the attempt to clinch by Laskey.
Laskey connects with a nice cross there... Yoshi is looking wobbly and Laskey recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Yoshi to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Laskey jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jerry Laskey!