PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raphaele Heisenberg (ranked 848 p4p, 91 weight class) and Kotetsu Yamamoto (ranked 1234 p4p, 125 weight class). Heisenberg comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Heisenberg
vs
Yamamoto

161 cm
33
148 lbs
19 - 6 - 2

168 cm
32
149 lbs
25 - 13 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphaele Heisenberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kotetsu Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto tries to clinch but Heisenberg is having none of it.
Heisenberg throws a leg kick but Yamamoto checks it.
Yamamoto throws a body shot but no joy.

Yamamoto clinches with his opponent.
Yamamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg blocking some punches.
Yamamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Heisenberg backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Heisenberg.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heisenberg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamamotos head.
Heisenberg has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Heisenberg lands a shoulder strike.
Heisenberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heisenberg's elbow.
Heisenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Heisenberg.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamamoto.
Heisenberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heisenberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heisenberg misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Heisenberg on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heisenberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.
A short left from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Heisenberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Heisenberg tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yamamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heisenberg misses with some punches.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamamoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Heisenberg.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heisenberg.
Yamamoto misses with some punches.
Heisenberg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamamoto blocks a body shot from Heisenberg.
Heisenberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamamoto controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamamoto.
Heisenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Heisenberg fails to land.
Yamamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Yamamoto on the inside.
A short uppercut from Heisenberg.
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heisenberg throws a head punch that misses.
Yamamoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heisenberg has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Heisenberg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heisenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamamoto blocks a body shot from Heisenberg.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Heisenberg throws a head punch that misses.
Heisenberg working aggressively here.
Yamamoto lands a left hand.
Heisenberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Yamamoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heisenberg backwards.
Heisenberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamamoto controls his hands.
Yamamoto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heisenberg backwards.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Heisenberg lands with a left to the head.
Yamamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heisenberg's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heisenberg.
Heisenberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heisenberg.
Yamamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heisenberg.
Heisenberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heisenberg lands a shoulder strike.
Yamamoto works on Heisenberg's body with a couple of short punches.
Yamamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Heisenberg or not.
Good body shot from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamamoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heisenberg backwards.
Heisenberg presses Yamamoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Heisenberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yamamoto scores with a shoulder strike.
Yamamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yamamoto fails to land.
Heisenberg lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yamamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Heisenberg.
Yamamoto throws a head punch that misses.
Yamamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamamoto misses with a punch to the body.
Heisenberg working aggressively here.
Heisenberg scores with a shot to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Yamamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Heisenberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heisenberg throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heisenberg blocks an uppercut.
Heisenberg is working for takedown but Yamamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamamoto misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kotetsu Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Heisenberg lands with a nice combination. Yamamoto backs away looking to recover.
Yamamoto's corner calls for a 1-2. Yamamoto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Heisenberg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yamamoto throws a hook but Heisenberg blocks it.
Heisenberg lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yamamoto takes a step back to recover.
Heisenberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamamoto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yamamoto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Heisenberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yamamoto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Heisenberg avoids it really well and circles away.
Yamamoto ducks under a wild hook from Heisenberg.
Yamamoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heisenberg can pounce on him.
Heisenberg lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yamamoto will feel that in the morning.
Yamamoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heisenberg manages to avoid it.
Yamamoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heisenberg.
Yamamoto misses with a straight left.
Yamamoto connects with a body shot that sends Heisenberg's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws an overhand right that lands on Heisenberg's shoulder, as Heisenberg tries to avoid the shot.
Heisenberg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto missing with a left hand there. Heisenberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kotetsu Yamamoto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Heisenberg.
Heisenberg walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yamamoto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little jabbing left from Yamamoto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Heisenberg throws a body kick that misses.
Heisenberg buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto misses with the combination.
Nice body kick there by Heisenberg.

Yamamoto gets a takedown into half guard.
My spies in Big Bear Fight Factory inform me that Yamamoto has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

Heisenberg looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Heisenberg is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heisenberg tries to get to full guard but Yamamoto has control of the leg.
Yamamoto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heisenberg is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamamoto tries to pass to full mount but Heisenberg defends it.
Heisenberg is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yamamoto lands a nice short elbow.
Yamamoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heisenberg gets back to full guard.
Yamamoto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Heisenberg is on top in guard.

Hammerfist, elbow! yells Heisenberg's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yamamoto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Yamamoto looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Heisenberg has picked Yamamoto up and slammed him! Yamamoto can't keep hold of the triangle and Heisenberg manages to pass to side control!
Yamamoto gets back to half guard.
Yamamoto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg is controlling the pace.

Yamamoto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Heisenberg pulls his head out easily.
Heisenberg prevents Yamamoto from improving his position.
Heisenberg is pressing down on Yamamoto's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yamamoto is holding on for now.
Yamamoto regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kotetsu Yamamoto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab lands there for Heisenberg.
Heisenberg misses with a leg kick.
Yamamoto slips a jab from Heisenberg.
A slow jab from Yamamoto misses its intended target.
Jab from Yamamoto.

Yamamoto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Heisenberg!
Kotetsu Yamamoto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heisenberg manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Heisenberg taking some punishment here, with Yamamoto in his half guard.
Heisenberg is looking to improve his position.
Yamamoto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Heisenberg tries to get to full guard but Yamamoto has control of the leg.
Heisenberg is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Heavy Metal, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Heisenberg trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Heisenberg.
Heisenberg looking to control.
Yamamoto lands a couple of elbows.
Heisenberg wants to sweep here but Yamamoto controlling him for the moment.
Yamamoto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yamamoto postures up and lands a big shot to Heisenberg's brow.
Heisenberg is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Heisenberg is working hard here to advance position.
Yamamoto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Heisenberg is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yamamoto is aware though and is defending well.
Raphaele Heisenberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Heisenberg throws his legs up looking for a submission but Yamamoto uses it to pass to side control.
Heisenberg wants to control but Yamamoto postures up.
Heisenberg tries to improve position but can't.
Heisenberg takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Yamamoto landing strikes.
Heisenberg is looking to regain half guard here but Yamamoto keeps moving and retains side control.
Heisenberg sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Heisenberg is trying to maintain the position but Yamamoto is very close to passing his half guard.
Heisenberg is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands strikes from half guard.
Yamamoto is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Heisenberg wants to improve his position but Yamamoto is controlling well.
Kotetsu Yamamoto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yamamoto is keen to just control but Heisenberg is a slippery customer.

Heisenberg is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yamamoto pulls his head out easily.
Heisenberg tries to get to full guard but Yamamoto has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Heisenberg looking for subs from the bottom but Yamamoto mounts him!
Heisenberg can't escape the position.
Yamamoto sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Heisenberg working to try and regain half guard.
Yamamoto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heisenberg is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kotetsu Yamamoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yamamoto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!