PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caiden Banks (ranked 25258 p4p, 4631 weight class) and Vien Yosuke (ranked 316 p4p, 271 weight class). Caiden Banks has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Banks
vs
Yosuke

170 cm
26
150
7 - 5 - 1

175 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Caiden Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vien Yosuke!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks moves in looking to clinch but Yosuke pushes him off.

Banks rushes Yosuke and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yosuke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yosuke tries to circle away but Banks has him pinned against the cage.
Yosuke lands an uppercut.
Banks is stalling here.
Yosuke throws a head punch that misses.
Banks content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee calls for Banks to work.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yosuke working aggressively here.
Banks has Yosuke pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Banks doesn't manage to clinch there - Yosuke circles away.
Banks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yosuke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yosuke.

Banks clinches up with Yosuke and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yosuke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.
Yosuke tries to break the clinch but Banks is controlling the position.
Banks is struggling to control the position.
Yosuke is trying to force a seperation but Banks has the dominant position.
Yosuke misses with some punches.
Yosuke is trying to break the clinch but Banks has him pressed against the cage.
Banks slows down the pace here.
Yosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yosuke being controlled against the cage.
Banks content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Banks blocking some punches.
Banks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short left from Yosuke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
Banks stalling in the clinch.
Yosuke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Banks backwards.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Banks slowing the pace effectively.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Banks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Yosuke lands a nice shot to the body.
Yosuke cracks Banks with an open hand slap.
Banks tries to clinch but Yosuke moves away
and Yosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yosuke throws a leg kick which misses Banks's front leg but catches the back leg as Banks tries to avoid it.
Banks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Banks rushes Yosuke and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.
Banks avoiding damage.
Banks stalling against the cage.
A short uppercut from Yosuke.
Banks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yosuke wants to get back to striking at distance but Banks won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yosuke.
Banks leaning against his opponent.
Yosuke lands a left hand.
Banks is pushing Yosuke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
Yosuke has had enough of the clinch but Banks keeps him there for the moment.
Banks stalling.
Banks has Yosuke pressed against the cage, preventing Yosuke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yosuke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Banks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yosuke misses with some punches.
Banks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yosuke swings wildly with an uppercut but Banks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yosuke being controlled against the cage.
Banks controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Jab, jab by Yosuke - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Banks clinches.
Banks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
Banks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yosuke misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banks is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yosuke swings wildly with an uppercut but Banks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banks taking a breather.
Banks has Yosuke pushed against the cage.
A short left from Yosuke.
Yosuke lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vien Yosuke dominated that round.
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.

Banks closes the distance but Yosuke moves to the side
and Yosuke counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A lazy left from Yosuke finds it's target.
Yosuke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yosuke tries a quick counter leg kick but Banks is wise to it.
A solid body kick from Yosuke.
Yosuke keeps the fight on the outside.
Banks darts in trying to clinch
letting Yosuke counter with a right hand.
Yosuke connects with an inside leg kick.

Banks closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Banks.
Yosuke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vien Yosuke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yosuke up against the cage.
Yosuke is looking to break free of the clinch but Banks has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yosuke lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
A head punch on the inside from Yosuke fails to land.
Yosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yosuke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yosuke letting Banks take a breather here.
Banks is struggling to control the position.
Banks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yosuke up against the cage.
Yosuke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Banks just leaning against Yosuke, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Yosuke connects with a nice looking jab.
Yosuke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Banks tries to move into range but Yosuke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Banks has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Banks closes the distance and clinches.
Yosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
Banks content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Banks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yosuke up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Banks - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Banks takes a shot to the head.
Yosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yosuke pushes Banks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yosuke misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Banks.
Banks leaning against his opponent.
Banks seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Yosuke misses with some punches.
Yosuke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yosuke working aggressively here.
Stalling in the clinch from Banks.
Banks taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Banks wants to clinch
and Banks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yosuke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Banks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Banks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yosuke counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks wants to clinch but Yosuke slips to the side
and Yosuke counters with a stiff right hand.

Banks clinches.
Yosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yosuke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Banks has Yosuke pushed against the cage.
Banks stalls.
Yosuke lands an uppercut.
Banks effectively controlling the action here.
Yosuke swings wildly with an uppercut but Banks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A shot in the inside from Yosuke.
Banks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banks leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yosuke looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Banks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Caiden Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yosuke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Banks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yosuke. Yosuke obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yosuke scores with a jab. Banks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Banks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Banks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Banks tries to clinch but Yosuke moves away
and Yosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
Crunch! Yosuke slams his shin into Banks's torso.
Yosuke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Banks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yosuke connects with a right hand. Banks shakes it off.
Banks is looking to clinch but Yosuke is avoiding it.
Banks tries to clinch but Yosuke moves away
letting Yosuke counter with a right hand.
Banks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vien Yosuke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Banks wants to clinch
and Yosuke counters with a right hand to the body.
Yosuke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Banks's head backwards.
Banks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yosuke. Yosuke obviously looking to wear him down.
Yosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Banks takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Banks wants to clinch.
Yosuke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yosuke counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yosuke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yosuke counters with a good, hard body kick but Banks shrugs it off.
Banks tries to clinch
and Yosuke counters with a good, hard body kick but Banks shrugs it off.
Banks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yosuke counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Banks is looking to clinch.
Yosuke lands with a hook. Banks tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Banks wants to clinch but Yosuke slips to the side
and Yosuke counters with a left to the body.
Yosuke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Banks tries to clinch up
and Yosuke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Banks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yosuke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vien Yosuke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yosuke.
Yosuke throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Banks walks into a left hand.

Banks clinches.
Yosuke scores with a shoulder strike.
Banks will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banks just leaning against Yosuke, taking a breather.
Banks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Banks to work.
Stalling in the clinch from Banks.
Yosuke throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Banks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Banks has Yosuke pushed against the cage.
Banks gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A nice left hand lands by Yosuke.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yosuke.
Yosuke lands an uppercut.
Banks effectively controlling the action here.
Banks slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.

Banks gets a clinch.
Yosuke misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yosuke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yosuke misses with some punches.
Yosuke lands with a light punch inside.
Banks leaning against his opponent.
Banks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Banks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yosuke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vien Yosuke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Yosuke lands a shoulder strike.
Yosuke letting Banks take a breather here.
Banks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Banks avoiding damage.
Yosuke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Caiden Banks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yosuke, as that shot connected.
Banks tries to clinch but Yosuke is having none of it.
Yosuke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banks tries to clinch but Yosuke moves away
and Yosuke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Banks moves in looking to clinch but Yosuke pushes him off.
Banks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yosuke counters with a body kick.

Banks drives through and clinches with Yosuke against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yosuke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caiden Banks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Banks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vien Yosuke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yosuke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vien Yosuke!
Vien Yosuke decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.