PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jongwoo Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo Yamamoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Park
vs
Yamamoto

173 cm
20
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jongwoo Park!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eduardo Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Park circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamamoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Yamamoto darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Park tries to get to full guard but Yamamoto has control of the leg.
Yamamoto wants to stand but Park has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Park is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yamamoto pulls his head out easily.

Park is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yamamoto pulls his head out easily.
Park wants to improve his position but Yamamoto is controlling well.

Park looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yamamoto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Park. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Park looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Park is looking for a sweep. Yamamoto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Park wants to get back to full guard but Yamamoto has passed into side control.
Yamamoto looking to control but Park is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Park really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Park is breathing heavily.

Yamamoto looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Yamamoto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Park is desperately trying to improve his position but Yamamoto has a good base and remains in mount.
Yamamoto looking to control but Park is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Park can't escape the position.
Yamamoto with a couple of short strikes.
Park takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Park is working to get back to half guard.
Yamamoto unloading with bombs!
Park is desperately trying to improve his position but Yamamoto has a good base and remains in mount.
Park manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Park looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Park wants to improve his position but Yamamoto is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto wants to stand up but Park is controlling the position.

Park actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Yamamoto is working for a kimura but Park is defending it quite comfortably.
Ground and pound from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto trying to control from half guard but Park is working away.

Park looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Yamamoto pushes past his half guard into mount!
Yamamoto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Park is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Park is wriggling around trying to escape.
Park in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Park is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Yamamoto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Yamamoto landing punches.
Yamamoto prevents Park from getting the reversal.
Park is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamamoto with a couple of short strikes.
Yamamoto lands with some strikes.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Yamamoto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yamamoto clinches with his opponent.
Park fails to pull guard.
Yamamoto fails to pull guard.

Yamamoto breaks from the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Yamamoto scores with a four punch combination!
A combination from Yamamoto does no damage.
Yamamoto keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamamoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamamoto shoots in but Park avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yamamoto misses with a body kick.

Yamamoto clinches up against the ropes.
Yamamoto is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Park throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yamamoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Park tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Park tries to pull guard but Yamamoto holds him up against the ropes and eventually Park drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jongwoo Park. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Park jumps guard but Yamamoto stands there with Park around his waist. Park gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Yamamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yamamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Park tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the ropes.

Yamamoto pulls Park into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yamamoto wants to get back to his feet but Park is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Park pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yamamoto is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yamamoto keeping moving, preventing Park from controlling successfully.
Park scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Park trying to control but Yamamoto is working from the bottom.
Park is pushing down on Yamamoto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Yamamoto is fighting to maintain full guard but Park has managed to sneak the leg through.
Park works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park scoring with strikes but Yamamoto is staying in there.

Park is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Yamamoto has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Yamamoto!

Park looking for a guillotine here but Yamamoto defends easily.
Yamamoto is looking to stand up but Park won't let him.

Yamamoto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yamamoto wants to get up but he can't break Park's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yamamoto must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yamamoto stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Yamamoto tries to clinch there but Park circles away.

Yamamoto takes the fight into the clinch.
Park trying to control the position but instead, Yamamoto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Park into the ropes.
Park tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Park tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamamoto smiles and moves away.
A combination from Yamamoto does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eduardo Yamamoto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Park has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yamamoto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

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

Park looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Yamamoto is defending well. Park quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Yamamoto has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Park celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jongwoo Park!