PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Jacob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hotaka Yoshifumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jacob
vs
Yoshifumi

196 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Crippler's Corner

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Jacob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hotaka Yoshifumi!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshifumi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Yoshifumi as Jacob shoots in.

Yoshifumi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoshifumi controlling from the full mount.

Yoshifumi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jacob can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Yoshifumi goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jacob turns into him and now he's in Yoshifumi's guard.
Yoshifumi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yoshifumi wants to free his trapped foot but Jacob is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Yoshifumi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yoshifumi looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacob has a hand on Yoshifumi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yoshifumi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Jacob gets back to half guard.
Jacob is trying to get back to full guard.
Yoshifumi prevents Jacob from standing back up.
Jacob trying to control here.
Jacob won't allow Yoshifumi to pass to mount.

Yoshifumi stands up and beckons Jacob to join him on the feet.
Jacob swats away the attempt to clinch by Yoshifumi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yoshifumi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Yoshifumi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jacob pushes Yoshifumi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Yoshifumi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jacob is trying to get back to half guard.
Jacob gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Yoshifumi looking to finish with strikes here!
Jacob can't escape the position.
Yoshifumi misses with a head shot.
Jacob reaches up to try and control the position but Yoshifumi seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Jacob rolls and tries to escape and now Yoshifumi has his back!
Jacob tries to escape but Yoshifumi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacob tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jacob tries to hold on but Yoshifumi postures up.

Yoshifumi wants to finish this one by submission but Jacob is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Yoshifumi.
Jacob wants to control but Yoshifumi is having none of it.
Yoshifumi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jacob has given up his back here.

Yoshifumi working for a choke but Jacob is defending well.

Yoshifumi has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Jacob has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Yoshifumi working for a choke but Jacob is defending well.
Jacob is really stuck here.

Yoshifumi working for the choke.

Yoshifumi looking for the choke but no joy.

Yoshifumi is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jacob is defending well though. Yoshifumi let's go of the attempt for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jacob dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yoshifumi. That did some damage!
Yoshifumi moves in looking to clinch but Jacob pushes him off.
Yoshifumi wants to clinch up but Jacob keeps it at a distance.
Jacob lands with a kick to the ribs.

Yoshifumi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jacob has a hand on Yoshifumi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yoshifumi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Yoshifumi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Yoshifumi goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jacob is on top in guard.
Jacob wants to stand and escape but instead Yoshifumi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jacob is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yoshifumi controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacob is trying to keep Yoshifumi in close.
Yoshifumi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Yoshifumi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Yoshifumi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jacob circles away.
Yoshifumi is breathing heavily.
Jacob tries to clinch up but Yoshifumi circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler Jacob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jacob rushes Yoshifumi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jacob fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jacob prevents Yoshifumi from breaking the clinch.
Jacob wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yoshifumi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jacob has him pressed against the cage.
Jacob is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yoshifumi is keeping busy.
Jacob drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yoshifumi pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacob tries to clinch there but Yoshifumi circles away.
Jacob throws a combination. Yoshifumi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jacob shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Yoshifumi counters with a single leg into guard. Jacob didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Jacob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yoshifumi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yoshifumi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jacob is looking for a sweep.
Yoshifumi works to advance to full mount. Jacob defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jacob is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacob is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jacob is working to get back to half guard.
Jacob tries to hold on but Yoshifumi postures up.
Jacob is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yoshifumi punching from mount but Jacob doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yoshifumi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jacob really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yoshifumi avoids the attempt from Jacob to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Yoshifumi working for a guillotine from mount but Jacob is in no mood to give up.
Hotaka Yoshifumi has got the better of the ground game so far.

Yoshifumi goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jacob turns into him and now he's in Yoshifumi's guard.
Yoshifumi is trying to control the position but Jacob postures up.
Jacob is fighting to break Yoshifumi's control of his arms but Yoshifumi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Yoshifumi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hotaka Yoshifumi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jacob tries for a takedown but Yoshifumi circles away easily

and Yoshifumi counters with a takedown into side control.
Jacob is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Yoshifumi is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Yoshifumi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jacob is looking to escape.

Yoshifumi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jacob is surviving well by controlling Yoshifumi's body position as best he can.
Jacob is looking to get to half guard.
Jacob takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacob tries to reverse the position but Yoshifumi maintains control.
Yoshifumi looking to control but Jacob is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jacob wants to hold on but Yoshifumi pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacob is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jacob is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Yoshifumi has taken his back.

Yoshifumi looking for the choke but no joy.
Yoshifumi punches the canvas rather than the man.
Jacob grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Yoshifumi lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Yoshifumi looking for the choke but no joy.

Yoshifumi is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Jacob has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Yoshifumi has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Jacob is in real trouble here. Yoshifumi gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Jacob is tapping out! Yoshifumi wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hotaka Yoshifumi!