PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between hakazi yakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). yakamoto's entrance music is peace of mind. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brown's choice of entrance music: With the Punches - Thrill Your Idols. hakazi yakamoto has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

yakamoto
vs
Brown

225 cm
24
198 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, hakazi yakamoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Brown!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown looks to land a combination but yakamoto avoids it well.
yakamoto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
yakamoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to de liver by yakamoto. Beautiful body shot.
yakamoto throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Brown gets a clinch.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has yakamoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and yakamoto avoids it.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to yakamoto's face.
A frustrated look appears on yakamoto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Stalling in the clinch from Brown.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Brown.
yakamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through yakamoto's defenses.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
yakamoto is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yakamoto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
yakamoto is breathing heavily.
yakamoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing yakamoto up against the cage.
yakamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
Brown's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brown working yakamoto over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and yakamoto avoids it.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into yakamoto's ribcage.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Brown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brown receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks with his arms.
yakamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Brown.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
yakamoto is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped yakamoto in his tracks for a moment.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to yakamoto's face.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
yakamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown working yakamoto over with knees to the body.
yakamoto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
yakamoto tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

yakamoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from yakamoto.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from yakamoto.
yakamoto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
yakamoto misses with a wild body shot.

Brown moves into the clinch.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. yakamoto won't want to take too many of those.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to yakamoto's face.
Brown slows down the pace here.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has yakamoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
yakamoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. yakamoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
yakamoto misses with a wild body shot.
Brown cracks the inside of yakamoto's front leg.
Brown lands a head kick!
Mark Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown throws a body punch but yakamoto moves out of range.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as yakamoto throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
yakamoto works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Brown moves into the clinch.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
yakamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown stalling the fight.

yakamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
yakamoto avoids the head kick by Brown.
yakamoto misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a good low kick that yakamoto was not able to check.
yakamoto staying out of range there.
yakamoto blocks a head kick by Brown.
yakamoto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
yakamoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Brown throws a body punch but yakamoto moves out of range.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Brown rushes yakamoto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
yakamoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
yakamoto takes an elbow to the temple.
yakamoto takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. yakamoto won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
yakamoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
yakamoto tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
yakamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

A low kick from yakamoto misses
and Brown counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brown staying out of range there.
hakazi yakamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown thumps yakamoto with a low kick.
Brown misses with a head kick.
yakamoto throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
yakamoto misses with a leg kick

and Brown moves into the clinch.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has yakamoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite yakamoto's efforts to push away.
Brown keeps control of yakamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Mark Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
yakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
yakamoto takes an elbow to the temple.
yakamoto tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
yakamoto wants a takedown.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yakamoto.
Brown keeps control of yakamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Brown to work.
yakamoto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hakazi yakamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yakamoto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
yakamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite yakamoto's efforts to push away.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. yakamoto won't want to take too many of those.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
yakamoto tries to pull guard but Brown won't allow it.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
yakamoto jumps guard but Brown stands there with yakamoto around his waist. yakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
yakamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown leaning against his opponent.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
yakamoto is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
yakamoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
yakamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown really 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.

Brown takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Brown misses.
yakamoto throws a lazy head kick

and Brown counters by clinching up.
Brown stalls.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but yakamoto avoids the damage to the body.
yakamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
yakamoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
yakamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
yakamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
yakamoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
yakamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown slows down the pace here.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. yakamoto is defending well for now.
yakamoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown prevents yakamoto from breaking the clinch.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
yakamoto tries to pull guard but Brown won't allow it.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
yakamoto can't break the clinch.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
yakamoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
yakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
yakamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
yakamoto is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
yakamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
yakamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown tries a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks it.
yakamoto can't break the clinch.
yakamoto jumps guard but Brown stands there with yakamoto around his waist. yakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hakazi yakamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. yakamoto is defending well for now.
yakamoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
yakamoto avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
yakamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
yakamoto is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brown pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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.
yakamoto tries to pull guard but Brown won't allow it.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
yakamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
yakamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
yakamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite yakamoto's efforts to push away.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
yakamoto is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
yakamoto pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
yakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brown keeps control of yakamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
yakamoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
yakamoto misses with a wild body shot.
Brown slips a jab from yakamoto.
yakamoto throws a body kick that misses.
yakamoto thows a body shot but no joy.
yakamoto throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
yakamoto is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Brown avoiding damage.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
yakamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brown prevents yakamoto from breaking the clinch.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but yakamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
yakamoto jumps guard but Brown stands there with yakamoto around his waist. yakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
yakamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
yakamoto wants to break free but Brown has control.
Brown landing knees to the head.

yakamoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for yakamoto.
Brown plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
yakamoto throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
yakamoto punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Brown.
A big right from yakamoto misses.
yakamoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!

Brown gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into yakamoto's ribcage.
yakamoto is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yakamoto.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but yakamoto blocks with his arms.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
hakazi yakamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yakamoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but yakamoto is blocking nicely.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
yakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hakazi yakamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brown prevents yakamoto from breaking the clinch.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yakamoto.
A frustrated look appears on yakamoto's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown has yakamoto pressed against the cage, preventing yakamoto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from yakamoto.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
yakamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brown 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 43:50
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 45:50
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Brown! Mark Brown retains his middleweight title!