PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Kongo (ranked 4878 p4p, 6109 weight class) and Ryu Yamauchi (ranked 403 p4p, 448 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kongo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Biggest and best - Clawfinger. Ryu Yamauchi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kongo
vs
Yamauchi

169 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
154
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Yamauchi!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamauchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kongo moves away.

Kongo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yamauchi is looking to control Kongo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yamauchi avoid being mounted?
Yamauchi is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kongo is staying active.
Yamauchi is looking to improve his position.
Kongo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yamauchi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamauchi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kongo chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Kongo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kongo trying to control but Yamauchi is working from the bottom.
Kongo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yamauchi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kongo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kongo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kongo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kongo lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yamauchi is on top in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kongo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kongo keeping moving, preventing Yamauchi from controlling successfully.
Yamauchi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Kongo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kongo winds up and cracks Yamauchi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kongo wants to control but Yamauchi is keeping him busy.
Kongo prevents Yamauchi from standing back up.

Kongo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yamauchi sees it coming and defends easily.
Kongo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kongo prevents Yamauchi from improving his position.

Kongo wants to work for an arm triangle but Yamauchi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kongo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kongo connects with a nice short shot to Yamauchi's temple.
Yamauchi taking some punishment here, with Kongo in his half guard.
Yamauchi tries to roll over but Kongo keeps him under control.
Kongo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Yamauchi is trying to control but can't.
Kongo working Yamauchi over with strikes.
Kongo working over Yamauchi with some ground and pound. Yamauchi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamauchi is looking to improve his position.
Yamauchi taking some punishment here, with Kongo in his half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Kongo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kongo dives in and scores a takedown into Yamauchi's guard.
Kongo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kongo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kongo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yamauchi is keeping the position for now.
Yamauchi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kongo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamauchi can do to turn this around?
Kongo chips away with some ground and pound.

Yamauchi is looking to cinch up a triangle. Kongo throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Yamauchi's body to avoid the submission. Yamauchi has instead reached around Kongo's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Yamauchi arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryu Yamauchi!