PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Garcia Jr (ranked 1093 p4p, 1979 weight class) and Kiba Yamasaki (ranked 100 p4p, 142 weight class). Garcia Jr comes to the cage accompanied by “Still Tippin”. Kiba Yamasaki has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Garcia Jr
vs
Yamasaki

171 cm
21
144
8 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
145
4 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Garcia Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kiba Yamasaki!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia Jr lands with a hook. Yamasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garcia Jr swings for the body but Yamasaki moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yamasaki! But no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Yamasaki. Those never looked like landing.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Yamasaki.
Garcia Jr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yamasaki passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Garcia Jr!
Yamasaki landing punches.
Yamasaki breaks from Garcia Jr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Yamasaki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Garcia Jr is trying desperately to improve position.
Yamasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yamasaki scoring with strikes but Garcia Jr is staying in there.
Yamasaki raining down hammerfists from mount.
Yamasaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yamasaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Garcia Jr is rocked!
Garcia Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr is looking to improve his position but Yamasaki isn't that keen on the idea.
Yamasaki looking to finish Garcia Jr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Garcia Jr!
Garcia Jr taking shots to the head.
Oh Garcia Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamasaki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garcia Jr hang on?
Yamasaki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yamasaki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Garcia Jr?
Yamasaki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Garcia Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yamasaki postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Garcia Jr in real trouble here! The ref calls for Garcia Jr to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kiba Yamasaki!
Kiba Yamasaki is the new bantamweight champion!
In defeat, Edgar Garcia Jr stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats to Kiba hell of a fighter, it’s just how the fight game goes. I will be back and better at Featherweight, I’m moving up 145 to grab another belt soon. 145ERs YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!'.