PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaden Saint (ranked 1945 p4p, 2184 weight class) and Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 254 p4p, 284 weight class). Saint comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Yoshida has chosen Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla as his entrance music. Yuuto Yoshida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Saint
vs
Yoshida

190 cm
27
211
4 - 0 - 0

184 cm
42
210
31 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Heavy Metal Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaden Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuto Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida slips a straight right by Saint.
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the body.
Yoshida misses with a straight left.
A big right from Yoshida misses.
Yoshida slips under a jab from Saint.
Saint is looking to land body kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Saint waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.
Saint with the inside leg kick.
Saint looks for the body kick but Yoshida saw that one coming.
Saint scores with a jab.
Saint takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saint throws the kick towards the body but Yoshida avoids it.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Saint moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Saint down.
Yoshida slips a jab from Saint.
Saint throws a low kick but Yoshida avoids it.
Yoshida slips a jab from Saint.
Saint just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Saint.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Saint swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint lands a jab to the head.
Saint wants to slow Yoshida down by chopping away at his legs.
Saint misses with a body shot.
Saint thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yoshida unleashes a big counter combination but Saint bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saint scores with a body shot.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saint.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
Saint fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saint misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Yoshida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Saint.
A shot to the liver by Saint. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saint throws a quick counter kick to the body but Yoshida avoids it.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
Yoshida just misses with a punch to the body.
Saint was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saint throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Saint.
Saint has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saint manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yoshida is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Saint ducks under and follows up with a left that Saint also avoids with ease.
Yoshida moves out of range as Saint strikes.
It seemed like Yoshida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Saint moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Saint moved away.
Yoshida is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Saint rather than just go for the knockout.
Saint looks to land a body kick but Yoshida moved away.
Yoshida jabs Saint to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yoshida throws a leg kick which misses Saint's front leg but catches the back leg as Saint tries to avoid it.
Yoshida looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint is just out of range.
Saint keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Saint was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saint.
Saint takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida lands the left hand.
Yoshida looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yoshida has time to react.
Saint misses with an uppercut. Yoshida saw that one coming.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida throws a looping overhand right but Saint ducks down to avoid it.
Saint half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Saint comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida looks to throw the jab but Saint is out of range.
Saint does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Saint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saint connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yoshida momentarily.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Saint.
Both fighters circling a little - Yoshida finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Saint dips to his left and cracks Yoshida with an uppercut!
Yoshida lands a nice looking body kick.
Yoshida throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Saint throws a hook but Yoshida avoids it easily.
Yoshida tries to score with a low kick but Saint moves his leg out of the way.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Saint.
Saint throws a solid leg kick but Yoshida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Saint.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Yoshida.
Saint connects with a body shot.
Yoshida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Saint looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Saint connects with a nice looking jab.

Yoshida is rocked!
Yoshida is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Saint doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Yoshida crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Yoshida's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jaden Saint!
Jaden Saint decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.