PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Big Daddy (ranked 1055 p4p, 2335 weight class) and Kotetsu Yama (ranked 82 p4p, 171 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Daddy
vs
Yama

160 cm
22
150
6 - 3 - 0

168 cm
24
159
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Big Daddy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kotetsu Yama!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daddy misses with a looping right.
Daddy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Daddy misses with a body shot.
Daddy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yama circles away.
Yama connects with a single shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daddy. Yama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daddy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yama is looking to clinch but Daddy is avoiding it.
Yama scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daddy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Yama takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big right from Yama misses.
Daddy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Yama gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Yama is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yama preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yama keeping moving, preventing Daddy from controlling successfully.
Yama is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Daddy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Daddy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yama is on top in guard.

Yama distracts Daddy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Daddy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yama postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yama throwing strikes from guard but Daddy blocks nicely.
Yama throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yama trying to control the position from guard on top but Daddy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yama chips away with some ground and pound.
Yama postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Daddy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yama is one step ahead there.
Yama makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Daddy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Daddy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Daddy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yama sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yama wants to pass the guard but Daddy is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yama with a flurry of punches that miss.
Daddy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Yama puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Yama is trying to control the action in half guard but Daddy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yama moves into full mount! Daddy won't be happy about that!
Yama lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Yama tries to control but Daddy wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daddy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yama lands a couple of good shots and Daddy has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yama trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Daddy is covering up but some of the strikes from Yama are getting through and doing damage.
Yama is hanging on to Daddy's back as he tries to escape.
Yama scores with strikes from the back.
You can see the frustration on Daddy's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daddy is taking damage to the body and head.

Yama tightening his grip on Daddy, looking for the choke.
Daddy tries to escape but Yama has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Yama throwing damaging strikes from the back! Daddy could be in trouble here!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yama lands strikes to the head.
You can see the frustration on Daddy's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Daddy manages to reverse the position and now he's in Yama's guard. Nice work there by Daddy.

Yama escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daddy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Yama throws his legs up looking for a submission but Daddy uses it to pass to side control.
Daddy cracks Yama with a big right hand but Yama just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yama is trying to get back to half guard.
Daddy cracks Yama with a big elbow.
Daddy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yama keeps working.
Daddy looks up at the clock and then as Yama takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Daddy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Daddy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yama is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
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. Daddy connects with a nice short shot to Yama's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Yama looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yama is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Daddy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yama is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daddy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Yama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Yama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Daddy slips a nice elbow through Yama's hands, connecting with Yama's forehead.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Daddy is trying to control. Yama wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Daddy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Daddy landing strikes from the mount and Yama is in trouble!
Daddy looking to control but Yama is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Daddy landing shots from mount.
Daddy trying to control but Yama is having none of it.
Yama is looking to get to half guard.
Daddy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yama's face.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yama is looking to improve his position but Daddy isn't that keen on the idea.
Daddy working the ground and pound effectively.
Yama regains half guard.
Yama is pressing down on Daddy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Daddy trying to control but Yama is working from the bottom.

Daddy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yama has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Daddy has managed to get both his arms back between Yama's legs - danger averted.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daddy lands a couple of elbows.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Daddy landing with the ground and pound.

Yama looking for a guillotine here but Daddy defends easily.
Daddy postures up.
Daddy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yama keeping moving, preventing Daddy from controlling successfully.

Yama isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Daddy stacks Yama on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Daddy!
Yama is trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kotetsu Yama will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Daddy throws a body punch but Yama moves out of range.
Daddy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yama cracks Daddy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Daddy takes a swing at Yama's ribcage but misses.
Yama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yama misses with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Daddy as Yama shoots in.
Daddy misses the shot to the body.
Yama throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yama throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Daddy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Yama's half guard.
Yama tries to get to full guard but Daddy has control of the leg.
Daddy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daddy working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Daddy there.

Yama pushes Daddy off and gets back to his feet.
Daddy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Yama to counter with a crisp jab.
Daddy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daddy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yama connects with a jab.
Daddy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Daddy staying out of range there.
Daddy scores with a nice right hand.
Yama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yama misses with an uppercut. Daddy saw that one coming.
Yama throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daddy dives in and grabs Yama's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yama pushes down on Daddy's head and hops out.
Yama has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Daddy throws a body punch but Yama moves out of range.
Daddy lands with a right hand.
Yama has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daddy.
Yama avoids the body shot from Daddy.
Yama drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Daddy defends it well.
Daddy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yama manages to avoid it.
Daddy lands a nice shot to the body.
Daddy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yama stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Daddy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Daddy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yama misses with a hook.
Yama tests Daddy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body punch from Yama.
Yama shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yama jabs at Daddy's body.
Yama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yama tries to bum rush Daddy with a series of wild strikes but Daddy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daddy.
Daddy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yama moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yama. Daddy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daddy is looking to wear down Yama with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Daddy missing with a left hand there. Yama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yama misses with a looping left.
Daddy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yama.
Daddy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Yama misses.
Daddy changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kotetsu Yama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yama throws a lazy right hand but Daddy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Daddy misses.
Daddy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kotetsu Yama seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yama lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yama. Daddy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A quick step to the side and Daddy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daddy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yama misses with an uppercut. Daddy saw that one coming.

Daddy closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Yama's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yama escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daddy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Yama working for a triangle but Daddy defends it easily.
Yama is breathing heavily.
Daddy works over Yama with some ground and pound from guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Daddy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yama wants to sweep but no luck.
Yama bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daddy's guard.

Yama scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yama throwing strikes but missing.
Yama tries to free his leg and advance position but Daddy is retaining full guard.
Yama lands a couple of digs.
Daddy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yama content to stall in guard here.
Yama wants to control from the top but Daddy keeps moving.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Daddy trying to keep a closed guard but Yama is proving a slippery customer.
Yama stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Daddy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Daddy is pulling down on Yama's head. It's preventing any offense from Yama, at least for the moment.
Yama trying to control the position from guard on top but Daddy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daddy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yama is one step ahead there.
Daddy trying to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Daddy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yama is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Yama falls off balance throwing a combination

and Daddy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yama's guard.
Yama throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yama striking off his back but it's not causing Daddy any problems.
Daddy stands and throws Yama's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Daddy wants to control but Yama is keeping him busy.
Yama sneaks back into half guard.
Yama is refusing to be controlled, as Daddy sits in half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Daddy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Daddy working Yama over with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yama manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yama keeping moving, preventing Daddy from controlling successfully.
Daddy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Yama throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yama wants to control but Daddy passes easily into half guard.
Yama tries to roll over but Daddy keeps him under control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yama is still trying to improve position.
Nice strikes from Daddy there.
Yama gets back to full guard.
Big Daddy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Daddy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yama has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Daddy has managed to get both his arms back between Yama's legs - danger averted.
Daddy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yama is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kotetsu Yama will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Yama throws a hook but Daddy blocks it.
Yama lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yama scores with a decent looking hook.
Daddy has his takedown stuffed
and Yama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yama slaps away a takedown attempt from Daddy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Daddy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yama.
Yama dives in for a single leg takedown but Daddy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Yama throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yama missing with a left hand there. Daddy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yama slips under a jab from Daddy.
Yama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Daddy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from Yama. No joy for Daddy on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Daddy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daddy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yama moves away.
A swing and a miss from Yama.
Daddy moves out of range of the strikes.
Daddy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Daddy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yama goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Daddy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yama.
Yama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daddy throwing a counter right hand but Yama manages to avoid it.
Yama misses with an uppercut.
Yama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yama throws a good cross that connects.
Yama misses with an uppercut. Daddy saw that one coming.
Daddy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yama takes a swing at Daddy's ribcage but misses.

Daddy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yama is staying active underneath Daddy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Yama actively working from the bottom here.
Daddy drops an elbow to the side of Yama's head.
Yama trying to get back to full guard but Daddy takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Yama is in all sorts of trouble here.
Daddy looking to finish Yama with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yama!
Daddy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yama is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yama takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Daddy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yama gets back to half guard.
Daddy working the head and body with strikes.
Yama on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yama wants to get back to his feet.
Daddy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Daddy prevents Yama from improving his position.
Daddy working Yama over with strikes.
Daddy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Yama is rocked!
Daddy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yama is still in real trouble! Can Daddy finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yama has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daddy is working away from the top position though.
Daddy working over Yama with some ground and pound. Yama looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Yama actively working from the bottom here.
Daddy working over Yama with some ground and pound. Yama looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Daddy lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Yama! More strikes land and this one is all over! Daddy jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Big Daddy!
Big Daddy gave a mention to Honest Apparel ($30 SPECIAL ALL T-Shirts!) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).