PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Katsuya Yasumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Tihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yasumi comes to the ring accompanied by Space Dandy. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tihiro's choice of entrance music: Jyo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yasumi
vs
Tihiro

188 cm
22
250 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
30
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuya Yasumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Tihiro!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tihiro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tihiro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yasumi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tihiro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yasumi keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Yasumi's face as Tihiro controls the position.
Yasumi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yasumi struggling a bit here.
You can see the frustration on Yasumi's face as Tihiro controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yasumi tries to buck Tihiro off but Tihiro is having none of it.
Yasumi is letting Tihiro control him for a moment.
Tihiro trying to control the position but Yasumi is working away.
Yasumi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yasumi regains half guard.
Yasumi is looking for a sweep. Tihiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tihiro prevents Yasumi from standing back up.
Tihiro wants to pass the guard but Yasumi is defending well.
Yasumi wants to get back to his feet.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tihiro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Yasumi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tihiro.
Tihiro tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tihiro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yasumi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tihiros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Yuki Tihiro has been cut.
Tihiro shoots in and drives through. Yasumi sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Yasumi slams his shin into Tihiro's torso.
Yasumi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yasumi throws a head kick but Tihiro moves out of range.
Tihiro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yasumi defends it nicely.
Yuki Tihiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yasumi cracks Tihiro with a good jab.
Yasumi stuffs the takedown.
Katsuya Yasumi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuki Tihiro.
Tihiro shoots in looking for a takedown but Yasumi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tihiro's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
As Tihiro looks to move away, Yasumi throws a big counter combo bu Tihiro just gets out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yasumi cracks Tihiro on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Tihiro falls backwards against the ropes. Yasumi follows up with more strikes that drop Tihiro to his knees. Yasumi keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Tihiro! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsuya Yasumi!
Katsuya Yasumi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Big Bear Nutrition 160Q, into his post fight interview.