PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayato Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidehiko Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Sakurai
vs
Yoshida

185 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mayato Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidehiko Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Sakurai with a series of wild strikes but Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Yoshida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Sakurai scores with a four punch combination!
Sakurai could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Some wild striking there from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai is breathing heavily.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination. Yoshida sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Yoshida thows a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Sakurai throws a series of strikes that have Yoshida backpedaling.

That's two 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.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayato Sakurai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoshida.
Yoshida looks to land a combination but Sakurai avoids it well.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Sakurai scores with a four punch combination!
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.

That's six 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.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yoshida backs up against the ropes.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with the combination.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai defending well as Yoshida loads up on a big left hand.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's eight 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.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai lands with a nice combination. Yoshida backs away looking to recover.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yoshida has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mayato Sakurai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mayato Sakurai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakurai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Yoshida avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoshida misses with a double jab.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakurai manages to avoid it.
Yoshida throws an overhand right that lands on Sakurai's shoulder, as Sakurai tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida swinging wilding here.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.

That's four 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.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoshida swings for the body but Sakurai moves out of range.
Sakurai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yoshida.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.

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.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoshida throws a jab when Sakurai was well out of range.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida looks to throw the jab but Sakurai is out of range.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
Yoshida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakurai misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Sakurai both land. Nice combination.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Yoshida.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.

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.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Sakurai does no damage.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Sakurai with a series of wild strikes but Sakurai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Yoshida avoids nicely.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.
A right-left combo lands from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Sakurai.
Sakurai tries to bum rush Yoshida with a series of wild strikes but Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakurai swinging wilding here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakurai moves away.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Sakurai avoids nicely.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Sakurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Sakurai misses.
Sakurai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sakurai slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mayato Sakurai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sakurai 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Mayato Sakurai!

Mayato Sakurai wins by unanimous decision!