PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eon Yaj (ranked 2386 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ambo Balisi (ranked 21892 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yaj
vs
Balisi

165 cm
36
147 lbs
19 - 9 - 2

166 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Eon Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ambo Balisi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj takes a swing at Balisi's ribcage but misses.
Balisi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yaj counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That kick from Yaj tenderised Balisi's leg. Balisi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Balisi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Balisi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Balisi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yaj sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yaj keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Yaj there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yaj keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balisi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yaj counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body punch from Yaj.
Balisi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Balisi misses.
Yaj wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Balisi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yaj eats them both and turns towards Balisi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Yaj swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balisi is looking to clinch.
Yaj connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Balisi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sloppy strikes from Balisi. Those never looked like landing.
Balisi misses with a double jab
and Yaj counters with a thumping low kick.
Yaj lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Balisi misses with a hook to the body

and Yaj counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yaj.
Yaj crunches a lovely knee into Balisi's ribcage.
Balisi looks winded!
Yaj working Balisi over with knees to the body.
Yaj crunches a lovely knee into Balisi's ribcage.
Balisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yaj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Yaj.
Yaj landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yaj is leaning against Balisi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaj lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Yaj.
Yaj works on Balisi's body with a couple of short punches.
Yaj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ambo Balisi has been cut.
Yaj lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balisi or not.
Yaj cracks Balisi with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Yaj.
Yaj is struggling to control the position.
Yaj lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balisi.
Yaj working Balisi over with knees to the body.
Yaj lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balisi.
Yaj unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balisi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yaj digs a right hand underneath Balisi's ribcage. Balisi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yaj lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balisi backwards.
Yaj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yaj stops a takedown attempt from Balisi.
Yaj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yaj stalling the fight.
Yaj pushes Balisi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Yaj on the inside.
Yaj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balisi's defenses.
Yaj lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Balisi is rocked!
Yaj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balisi is still on wobbly legs! Can Yaj finish him?
Yaj lands a big knee to the head and Balisi goes down! Yaj pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eon Yaj!
A relieved looking Eon Yaj thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.