PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shiro Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Andrews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Andrews
vs
Yamada

162 cm
24
138 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

171 cm
22
137 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shiro Yamada!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada throws a nice looking combination but Andrews bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Andrews shoots in for a takedown but Yamada shows good takedown defense.

Yamada drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Andrews struggling a bit here.
Andrews manages to work his way to half guard, despite Yamada's best efforts.
Andrews is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Andrews is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Andrews manages to get to full guard.
Andrews has control of Yamada's left arm, preventing Yamada from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Andrews looking to control.
Yamada stopping the sweep attempt from Andrews.
Yamada wants to control from the top but Andrews keeps moving.
Andrews tries to land a sweep but no joy.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yamada throws a head kick that misses.
Yamada throws a nice looking combination but Andrews bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yamada throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yamada swinging wildly here.
Yamada lands an overhand right.

Yamada shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Yamada was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yamada trying to control but Andrews is having none of it.
Andrews keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada tries to control but Andrews wriggling away.
Yamada looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yamada putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yamada throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Andrews because Yamada loaded up on that one.
Yamada looking to control but Andrews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yamada looking to ground and pound but Andrews is blocking nicely.

That's four 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.

Yamada goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Andrews is on top in guard.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrews would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Yamada has Andrews pulled in close to control his posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Andrews makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yamada keeping moving, preventing Andrews from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Yamada scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Andrews shoots for a takedown but Yamada saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Yamada shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Andrews is trying to defend but Yamada finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Andrews trying to control from the bottom.
Andrews is looking to improve his position.
Yamada trying to control the action but Andrews is working from the bottom.
Andrews tries to get to full guard but Yamada has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Andrews regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yamada.
Andrews bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yamada's guard.
Andrews stops Yamada from standing up.
Yamada is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrews throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yamada works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Andrews prevents Yamada from getting back to his feet.
Yamada keeping moving, preventing Andrews from controlling successfully.
Andrews postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yamada wants to clinch.
Andrews slips a jab and a cross from Yamada.
Yamada scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shiro Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrews swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamada.
Yamada goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yamada looks to land a combination but Andrews avoids it well.
Andrews with a poor takedown
and Yamada counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Yamada fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yamada swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamada fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Andrews on the side of the head.

Yamada pushes Andrews up against the ropes in a clinch.

Yamada breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andrews misses with a takedown attempt

and Yamada counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamada looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yamada wants to break free but Andrews has control.
Yamada can't get the takedown.
Andrews tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yamada stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamada can't get the takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamada.

Yamada manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yamada.
Andrews shoots in for a takedown but Yamada shows good takedown defense.
Yamada displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Yamada decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Andrews makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Andrews.
Yamada postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiro Yamada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Yamada bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Andrews tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Yamada easily slips into full mount!
Andrews working to try and regain half guard.
Andrews is working hard here to advance position.
Yamada content just to control the position here.
Andrews tries to reverse the position but Yamada maintains control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Andrews wants to control but Yamada is having none of it.
Andrews working to try and regain half guard.
Yamada looking to control but Andrews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Andrews is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Yamada avoids the attempt from Andrews to control.

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.
Andrews is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Andrews wants to hold on but Yamada pushes him away.
Andrews is trying desperately to improve position.
Yamada landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews tries to hold on but Yamada pushes him away.
Yamada content just to control the position here.
Yamada looking to control but Andrews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Andrews is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

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.
Yamada looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yamada trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Andrews tries to hold on but Yamada postures up.
Andrews is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Andrews tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yamada tries to control but Andrews wriggling away.
Andrews is wriggling around trying to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shiro Yamada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yamada 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Shiro Yamada!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Shiro Yamada!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Shiro Yamada!

Shiro Yamada wins by unanimous decision!