PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuma Yoshiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshiro comes to the cage accompanied by Girugamesh - Arrow. Daniel Larusso has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kazuma Yoshiro's chin.

Yoshiro
vs
Larusso

183 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

200 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuma Yoshiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Larusso!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larusso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larusso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoshiro tries to clinch there but Larusso circles away.
Yoshiro dodges the punch combination from Larusso.
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Larusso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yoshiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larusso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoshiro tries to clinch but Larusso is having none of it.
Larusso throws a leg kick but Yoshiro sees it coming and moves out of range.

Larusso moves into range and clinches up with Yoshiro.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yoshiro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larusso's efforts to push away.
Yoshiro looking to throw knees to the head but Larusso is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larusso takes an elbow to the temple.
Yoshiro tries a knee to the head but Larusso blocks it.
Larusso tries to circle away but Yoshiro has him pinned against the cage.
Yoshiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoshiro keeps control of Larusso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshiro pushes off an throws an elbow but Larusso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch but Yoshiro keeps him there for the moment.
Yoshiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Larusso avoids the damage to the body.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch but Yoshiro keeps him there for the moment.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Larusso avoids the damage to the body.
Larusso is trying to break the clinch but Yoshiro is controlling him.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro misses with a knee to the head.
Larusso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Larusso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yoshiro looking to throw knees to the head but Larusso is blocking nicely.
Yoshiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larusso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larusso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larusso avoids it.
Yoshiro scores a nice knee to the body.
Larusso tries to circle away but Yoshiro has him pinned against the cage.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch but Yoshiro keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yoshiro.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larusso wants to break free but Yoshiro has control.
Larusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larusso tries to circle away but Yoshiro has him pinned against the cage.
Yoshiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larusso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larusso is trying to break free.
Yoshiro throws an elbow that misses.
Yoshiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Larusso can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Larusso dodges an elbow strike from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Larusso looks gassed!
Yoshiro crunches a lovely knee into Larusso's ribcage.
Larusso is trying to break free.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Larusso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yoshiro working Larusso over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yoshiro obliges.
Yoshiro trying to land knees to the body.
Larusso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yoshiro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larusso avoids it.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoshiro misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiro lands a damaging elbow.
Larusso managing to block the knees to the body from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshiro pushes off an throws an elbow but Larusso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larusso blocks the elbow strike.
Larusso avoiding damage as Yoshiro throws knees to the body.
Larusso dodges an elbow strike from Yoshiro.
Larusso tries to circle away but Yoshiro has him pinned against the cage.
Larusso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoshiro has him pressed against the cage.
Larusso is looking to break free of the clinch but Yoshiro has double underhooks.
Yoshiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Larusso lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yoshiro misses with a knee strike.
Yoshiro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yoshiro lands an elbow just above Larusso 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuma Yoshiro dominated that 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.

Larusso swinging wildly here.
Larusso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Larusso takes a kick to the side of the head.
Larusso throws a right and a left that Yoshiro avoids nicely.
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Larusso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yoshiro lands with a kick to the temple. Larusso shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Larusso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yoshiro throws a head kick that Larusso semi-blocks.
Yoshiro darts in trying to clinch
letting Larusso counter with a right hand.
Larusso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Larusso circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daniel Larusso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yoshiro wants to clinch
and Larusso counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoshiro is looking to clinch but Larusso is avoiding it.
Larusso is breathing heavily.
Yoshiro scores with a head kick.
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Larusso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Larusso in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larusso keeps the fight on the outside.
Daniel Larusso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshiro tries to clinch but Larusso is having none of it.
Yoshiro connects with a high kick.
Larusso throws a nice looking combination but Yoshiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Larusso circles away.
Yoshiro wants to clinch but Larusso slips to the side

and Larusso moves into the clinch.
Larusso is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yoshiro.
Yoshiro misses with an elbow over the top.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yoshiro obliges.
Yoshiro lands an elbow inside.
Yoshiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Larusso won't want to take too many of those.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoshiro misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiro throws an elbow that misses.
Yoshiro lands an elbow that stopped Larusso in his tracks for a moment.
Yoshiro scores with a knee to the head.
Yoshiro looking to throw knees to the head but Larusso is blocking nicely.
Yoshiro tries a knee to the head but Larusso blocks it.
Larusso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yoshiro throws an elbow that misses.
Yoshiro misses with a knee strike.
Yoshiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yoshiro lands a damaging elbow.
Yoshiro lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Larusso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Larusso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Larusso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoshiro has him pressed against the cage.
Yoshiro lands a knee to the head.
Yoshiro working Larusso over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiro landing knees to the head.

It looks like Daniel Larusso has been cut.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshiro working Larusso over with knees to the body.
Yoshiro trying to land knees to the body.
Yoshiro working Larusso over with knees to the body.
Larusso avoids the elbow strike from Yoshiro, against the cage.
Larusso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Larusso wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoshiro won't allow it.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larusso avoids it.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshiro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yoshiro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Larusso tries to break free but Yoshiro pushes him back against the cage.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larusso is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Larusso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Larusso is trying to force a seperation but Yoshiro has the dominant position.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro misses with an elbow over the top.
Larusso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yoshiro misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Yoshiro.
Nice elbow from Yoshiro.
A knee to the head by Yoshiro.
Larusso avoiding damage as Yoshiro throws knees to the body.
Yoshiro lands a knee to the head.
Larusso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kazuma Yoshiro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yoshiro has Larusso pressed against the cage, preventing Larusso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larusso takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuma Yoshiro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Larusso's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Larusso takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Larusso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yoshiro has Larusso pressed against the cage, preventing Larusso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larusso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larusso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larusso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoshiro has him pressed against the cage.
Yoshiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Larusso dodges an elbow strike from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larusso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larusso is trying to break free.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larusso is trying to break the clinch but Yoshiro has him pressed against the cage.
Larusso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Larusso is trying to force a seperation but Yoshiro has the dominant position.
Yoshiro with a knee to the head.
Larusso managing to block the knees to the body from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larusso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yoshiro misses with a knee strike.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro misses with a knee to the head.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larusso.
Yoshiro lands a knee to the body.
Yoshiro keeps control of Larusso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larusso is trying to break free.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Larusso avoiding damage as Yoshiro throws knees to the body.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larusso avoids it.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larusso is trying to break the clinch but Yoshiro has him pressed against the cage.
Larusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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.
Yoshiro looking to throw knees to the head but Larusso is blocking nicely.
Larusso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Larusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yoshiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoshiro tries to land a knee to the head but Larusso blocks with his arms.
Yoshiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larusso can't break the clinch.
Larusso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yoshiro misses with an elbow strike.
Yoshiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Larusso avoids the damage to the body.
Larusso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larusso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larusso tries to break free but Yoshiro pushes him back against the cage.

Larusso manages to break the clinch.
A head kick by Larusso misses
and Yoshiro counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Larusso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yoshiro tries to clinch up.
Yoshiro tries to clinch up.
Larusso misses with a combination
and Yoshiro counters with a head kick. That will keep Larusso thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Yoshiro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Larusso counters with a two punch combo.
Yoshiro throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Larusso's head.
Yoshiro tries to clinch up but Larusso circles away and keeps his distance.
Yoshiro closes the distance looking to clinch

and Larusso counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Larusso avoids a wild elbow strike from Yoshiro.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Larusso avoiding damage as Yoshiro throws knees to the body.
Yoshiro misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yoshiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Larusso avoids the damage to the body.
Larusso avoiding damage as Yoshiro throws knees to the body.
Larusso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yoshiro with a knee to the head.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larusso blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larusso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yoshiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoshiro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larusso is defending well for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Larusso avoids the elbow strike from Yoshiro, against the cage.
Yoshiro misses with a knee strike.
Daniel Larusso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kazuma Yoshiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yoshiro keeps control of Larusso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kazuma Yoshiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yoshiro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazuma Yoshiro!