PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ray Apollo (ranked 1920 p4p, 1425 weight class) and Rogerio Yamamoto (ranked 140 p4p, 112 weight class). Apollo comes into the arena with Circus - Britney Spears blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Ray Apollo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ray Apollo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Apollo
vs
Yamamoto

167 cm
28
154
6 - 4 - 0

172 cm
26
150
11 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

NARCOS

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Apollo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogerio Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ron Honeybunn and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Apollo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yamamoto avoids it really well and circles away.

Yamamoto drives through and clinches with Apollo against the cage.
Apollo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Apollo in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ray Apollo has been cut.
Apollo takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Apollo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamamoto smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Apollo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Apollo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Yamamoto counters with a slapping leg kick.

Yamamoto clinches.
Apollo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Apollo tries to pull guard but Yamamoto holds him up against the cage and eventually Apollo drops back down to his feet.
Apollo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Apollo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamamoto moves into range and clinches up with Apollo.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.

Ray Apollo's cut is getting worse.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Apollo in his tracks for a moment.
We've been hearing reports that Apollo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Apollo's elbow.
Yamamoto digs a right hand into Apollo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Apollo's gas tank.
Apollo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.

Ray Apollo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Apollo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yamamoto to keep the fight standing.
Apollo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Apollo shrugs off.
Apollo fails to pull guard.
Apollo tries to pull guard but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Apollo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Apollo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Yamamoto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.

Jeez, Ray Apollo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Apollo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Apollo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Apollo fails to land the takedown.

Yamamoto closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto pushes Apollo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Apollo tries to pull guard but Yamamoto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yamamoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ray Apollo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rogerio Yamamoto!
Rogerio Yamamoto made sure to mention his sponsor, NARCOS in his post fight interview.
The defeated Ray Apollo had this to say: 'I had ants in my pants'.