PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yonjiro Fuuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Lederman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lederman has chosen Poppa Large as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fuuma
vs
Lederman

200 cm
24
273 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

195 cm
24
240 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonjiro Fuuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harold Lederman!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lederman misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick lands from Fuuma that sends Lederman to the canvas. Lederman tries to scramble back to his feet but Fuuma brings him back down into side control.

Lederman is rocked!

It looks like Harold Lederman has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Fuuma stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Fuuma takes the fight into the clinch.

Fuuma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fuuma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuuma throws a head kick but Lederman moves out of range.

Lederman moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Lederman.

Fuuma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuuma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lederman is looking to clinch but Fuuma is avoiding it.
Fuuma tries for a takedown but Lederman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Lederman has managed to clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Lederman.
Lederman lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Fuuma breaks from the clinch.

Lederman closes the distance and pushes Fuuma back into the cage.
Fuuma swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Fuuma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fuuma swinging wilding here.
Lederman tries to clinch there but Fuuma circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fuuma moves into the clinch.
Lederman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fuuma prevents it.
Fuuma wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fuuma gets underhooks to prevent Lederman's takedown attempt.

Lederman turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lederman manages to end up in side control.
Fuuma regains half guard.
Fuuma is breathing heavily.
Lederman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fuuma with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fuuma is looking for a sweep. Lederman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fuuma moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lederman distracts Fuuma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Fuuma pushes Lederman off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lederman tries to clinch up.
Fuuma slips a jab and a cross from Lederman.
Harold Lederman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lederman tries to clinch up but Fuuma circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lederman throws a series of punches but Fuuma avoids them all with ease.

Lederman gets a clinch.

Fuuma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lederman doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuuma circles away.
Fuuma throws a shot from downtown. Lederman moves away and avoids it.
Fuuma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lederman paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fuuma tries to keep at a distance but Lederman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fuuma is pressed up against the cage. Lederman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fuuma down to the mat. Fuuma avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yonjiro Fuuma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Lederman.
Lederman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fuuma counters with a series of strikes. Lederman will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuuma lands a head kick!

That has opened up Harold Lederman's cut even more.

Fuuma rushes Lederman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Fuuma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lederman scores with a jab.
Fuuma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuuma paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuuma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fuuma lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lederman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fuuma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuuma looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fuuma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lederman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Fuuma drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lederman is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fuuma is controlling him well.
Lederman is trying to get back to half guard.
Fuuma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lederman keeps working.
Lederman lands an elbow from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lederman stops Fuuma from passing to mount.
Fuuma trying to control the action but Lederman is working from the bottom.
Lederman sneaks back into half guard.
Lederman looks like he's trying to stand up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lederman moves into the clinch.
Lederman works on Fuuma's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lederman manages to break the clinch.
Lederman wants to clinch up but Fuuma keeps it at a distance.

Lederman drives through and clinches with Fuuma against the cage.
Lederman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fuuma pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Fuuma manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yonjiro Fuuma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harold Lederman's cut.
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.

Lederman clinches.

Fuuma breaks from the clinch.
Lederman misses with a combination
and Fuuma counters with a low kick, right behind Lederman 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fuuma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fuuma throws a series of punches but Lederman avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheers as Fuuma lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lederman doesn't seem phased though.

The cut above Harold Lederman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Yonjiro Fuuma is winning the standup battle so far.
Fuuma shoots in and drives through. Lederman sprawls well.
Lederman takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fuuma tries a head kick but it misses.
Lederman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lederman throws an overhand right that lands on Fuuma's shoulder, as Fuuma tries to avoid the shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuuma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuuma misses with a wild combination.
Fuuma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lederman.
Fuuma dodges the punch combination from Lederman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lederman wants to clinch but Fuuma slips to the side
and Fuuma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fuuma swats away the attempt to clinch by Lederman.
Lederman wants to clinch up but Fuuma keeps it at a distance.
Fuuma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lederman wants to clinch.
Lederman is looking to clinch but Fuuma is avoiding it.
Fuuma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lederman.
Fuuma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lederman throws out the jab.

Lederman gets caught flat footed, as Fuuma shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fuuma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Lederman pushes Fuuma off and gets back to his feet.
Lederman stuffs the takedown attempt from Fuuma. Fuuma gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lederman instigates a clinch.
Lederman misses with the head strike.
Lederman misses with a body punch.
Lederman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lederman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fuuma has him pressed against the cage.
Lederman gets underhooks to prevent Fuuma's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yonjiro Fuuma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Lederman.
Lederman gets through Fuuma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Lederman scores with a nice short uppercut.

Fuuma is fighting off a takedown attempt but Lederman is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Fuuma to the mat. Fuuma regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lederman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fuuma looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fuuma is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lederman makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lederman walks into a jab.
Lederman tries to clinch up

and Fuuma counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lederman's guard now.
Yonjiro Fuuma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fuuma decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Lederman misses with a few strikes there.
Fuuma shoots in looking for a takedown. Lederman tries to sprawl out of it but Fuuma keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lederman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Lederman rushes Fuuma and presses him up against the cage.
Fuuma blocks an elbow strike from Lederman.

Fuuma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Lederman gets a clinch.
Lederman gets through Fuuma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lederman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fuuma pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lederman misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Fuuma.

Harold Lederman's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

Fuuma breaks from the clinch.
Lederman tries to clinch but Fuuma moves away
letting Fuuma counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lederman dodges the punch combination from Fuuma.
Lederman misses with a wild combination.
Fuuma shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lederman as he jumps to the side.
Fuuma moves away from the strike by Lederman.
Fuuma lands with a cross.
Harold Lederman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lederman misses with a few strikes there.

Fuuma takes the fight into the clinch.
Fuuma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Fuuma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lederman tries to clinch but Fuuma moves out of range.
No joy there for Lederman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Lederman does no damage.

Fuuma scores with a takedown into Lederman's guard.
Lederman keeping moving, preventing Fuuma from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yonjiro Fuuma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Lederman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Fuuma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fuuma tries to clinch but Lederman is having none of it.
Lederman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fuuma tries a low kick but Lederman avoids it.
Fuuma swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fuuma throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lederman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fuuma's hands.
Fuuma swats away the attempt to clinch by Lederman.
Lederman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fuuma counters with a body kick.
Fuuma feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lederman's calf.
Lederman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lederman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yonjiro Fuuma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lederman throws a jab when Fuuma was well out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fuuma's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fuuma duly obliges.
Lederman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fuuma. Fuuma obviously looking to wear him down.
Fuuma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lederman.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuuma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fuuma gets a clinch.
Lederman keeps control of Fuuma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lederman is working Fuuma over against the cage.

Lederman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lederman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fuuma misses with the combination.
Lederman tests Fuuma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lederman closes the distance but Fuuma moves to the side
and Fuuma counters with an outside leg kick.
Lederman tries to clinch up but Fuuma circles away and keeps his distance.
Lederman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lederman doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuuma circles away.

Fuuma tries to keep at a distance but Lederman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lederman avoids a wild elbow strike from Fuuma.
Lederman has a couple of punches blocked by Fuuma.
Fuuma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma connects with a knee to the head.
Fuuma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuuma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lederman manages to break the clinch.
Fuuma walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lederman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fuuma counters with a left to the body.
Fuuma circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fuuma counters with a body kick.
A punch combination from Lederman misses.
Lederman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lederman wants to clinch up but Fuuma keeps it at a distance.
Lederman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fuuma misses with a head kick.
Lederman tries to clinch up
and Fuuma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lederman tries to clinch but Fuuma moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lederman is looking to clinch.
Fuuma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fuuma moves in looking to clinch but Lederman pushes him off.
Fuuma swats away the attempt to clinch by Lederman.
Lederman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lederman lands a two punch combo.

Fuuma closes the distance and clinches.

Fuuma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fuuma has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lederman.

Fuuma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lederman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lederman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fuuma in his tracks.
Fuuma tries to close the distance and clinch but Lederman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fuuma keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Fuuma.
Lederman is looking to clinch.
Lederman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lederman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Lederman misses.
Harold Lederman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fuuma shoots in looking for a takedown. Lederman tries to sprawl out of it but Fuuma keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lederman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fuuma swats away the attempt to clinch by Lederman.
Yonjiro Fuuma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuuma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lederman is looking to clinch but Fuuma is avoiding it.
Lederman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fuuma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fuuma throws and low kick but Lederman moves out of range easily.

Fuuma has Lederman up against the cage in a clinch.

Fuuma breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yonjiro Fuuma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fuuma, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yonjiro Fuuma!