PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yuji Yamohara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny De Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jong is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dropkick Murphy's - Shipping Up To Boston. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Yamohara
vs
De Jong

178 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuji Yamohara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny De Jong!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Jong looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Yamohara shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in De Jong's guard.
Yamohara chips away with some ground and pound.
De Jong has a closed guard, preventing Yamohara from standing up.
De Jong is trying to control the position but Yamohara postures up.
Yamohara sitting in guard, not really doing much.
De Jong is trying to control the position but Yamohara postures up.
De Jong keeping full guard, as Yamohara tries to pass.
Yamohara thows a big elbow that misses.
Yamohara won't allow De Jong to sweep him here.
Yamohara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yamohara throwing strikes but missing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yamohara misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamohara throws a right hand that De Jong ducks under and follows up with a left that De Jong also avoids with ease.
De Jong tries to clinch but Yamohara is having none of it.
Yamohara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamohara throws a nice looking combination but De Jong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yamohara tries to bum rush De Jong with a series of wild strikes but De Jong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yamohara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamohara is breathing heavily.
Yamohara tries for a takedown but De Jong circles away easily
and De Jong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Yamohara swats away the attempt to clinch by De Jong.
De Jong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Jong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamohara keeps the fight on the outside.
De Jong tries to clinch up but Yamohara circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Jong tries to clinch but Yamohara is having none of it.

De Jong gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from De Jong.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Jong.
De Jong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yamohara blocks it with crossed arms.

Yamohara manages to pull guard.
De Jong trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamohara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jong preventing the sweep.
Yamohara trying to strike off his back.

Yamohara scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Yamohara darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Yamohara.
Yamohara seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
De Jong is looking to control Yamohara's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Jong avoid being mounted?
Yamohara looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yamohara perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Yamohara landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong is trying to get back to full guard.
Yamohara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yamohara works his way into side control.
De Jong wants to get back to his feet.
Yamohara wants to control but De Jong is keeping him busy.
De Jong is trying to control Yamohara's posture but Yamohara avoids it.
Yamohara looks up at the clock and then as De Jong takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yamohara smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yamohara has knee on belly momentarily but De Jong bucks him off and regains half guard.
Yamohara passes to full mount!
Yamohara controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Yamohara trying to keep a closed guard but De Jong is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Jong accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yamohara is trying to control the position but De Jong postures up.
Yamohara keeping moving, preventing De Jong from controlling successfully.
Yamohara seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yamohara lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for De Jong!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Jong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Jong wants to hold on but Yamohara pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuji Yamohara dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yamohara fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Jong clinches but Yamohara breaks the clinch

and Yamohara counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De Jong trying to control here.
Yamohara is trying to control the action in half guard but De Jong is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Jong is in trouble now - Yamohara has advanced to mount!
De Jong bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yamohara holds on and takes a little breather.
Yamohara throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
De Jong wanted to stand there but Yamohara had control of the position.
Yuji Yamohara overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Jong preventing the sweep.
Yamohara wants to control but De Jong passes easily into half guard.
Yamohara controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
De Jong is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamohara is trying to control but can't.
Yamohara misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yamohara wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yamohara has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from Yamohara. No joy for De Jong on that attempt.
De Jong tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Yamohara counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for De Jong!
Yamohara controlling the position easily from mount.
De Jong is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Jong is trying desperately to improve position.
Yamohara controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jong tries to hold on but Yamohara postures up.
De Jong is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Jong is trying to stand.
De Jong really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yamohara trying to control but De Jong is having none of it.
De Jong wants to control but Yamohara is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamohara controlling his opponent.
Yamohara can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Jong is looking to escape.
De Jong taking shots to the head.
De Jong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yamohara lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yamohara prevents De Jong from getting the reversal.
Yamohara scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish De Jong?
Yamohara has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of De Jong's face.
De Jong can't escape the position.
De Jong takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yamohara postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. De Jong looks a forlorn figure.
Yamohara scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jong tries to hold on but Yamohara postures up.
De Jong is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

De Jong tries to improve his position but Yamohara has taken his back! Yamohara has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will De Jong tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Yamohara Pushes De Jong away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yuji Yamohara!