PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tadashi Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Angel Soto enters the cage!

Yamashita
vs
Soto

173 cm
19
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tadashi Yamashita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Angel Soto!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yamashita.
Yamashita misses with a looping right.
Yamashita stuffs the takedown.
Yamashita misses the shot to the body.
Soto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soto closes the distance and clinches up with Yamashita, looking for a takedown. Soto pushes Yamashita against the cage but Yamashita circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yamashita misses with the combination.
Yamashita has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yamashita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soto moves away.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Soto moves out of range.
Nice shot by Yamashita.
Yamashita throws a jab but it's blocked by Soto.
Yamashita misses with a straight left.
Yamashita throws the left hand but Soto avoids the punch easily.
Yamashita scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yamashita.
Tadashi Yamashita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamashita throws a hook to the side of Soto's head but Soto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamashita.
Yamashita pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Soto lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Soto.
Yamashita scores with a punch to the head.
Yamashita misses with a wild body shot.
Yamashita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamashita was well out of range. Poor timing from Soto.
Soto throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamashita.
Yamashita connects with a jab.
Yamashita falls off balance throwing a combination
and Soto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Yamashita misses its intended target.
Yamashita displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Soto.
Tadashi Yamashita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angel Soto.
Yamashita keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soto moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita lands a right hook to the body.
Soto misses with a two punch combination.
Yamashita throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Soto counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamashita keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soto.
Yamashita misses with a wild body shot.
Tadashi Yamashita is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soto lands with a shot to the body.
Soto scores with a jab.
Soto tries to clinch but Yamashita is having none of it.
Yamashita misses with an uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Yamashita as Soto shoots in.
Soto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Soto moves out of range as Yamashita strikes.
Yamashita wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Soto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yamashita looks to score with a jab to the body but Soto is just out of range.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yamashita misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soto moves into the clinch.
Yamashita wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Soto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamashita smiles and moves away.
Yamashita swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamashita throws a lazy right hand but Soto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamashita misses with a combination

and Soto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Soto.
Soto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamashita backwards.

Yamashita breaks the clinch.
Soto fails with a takedown attempt.
Yamashita throws a hook but Soto avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Yamashita misses its intended target.
Soto misses with a few strikes there.
Yamashita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with a hook. Soto ducked under it nicely.
Soto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yamashita's waist but Yamashita gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Soto off to one side.
Yamashita stuffs the takedown.
Soto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamashita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yamashita as he avoids it easily.
Yamashita throws a shot from downtown. Soto moves away and avoids it.
Yamashita thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamashita throws a left and a right that both miss

and Soto counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Soto pulls guard successfully.
Soto keeping moving, preventing Yamashita from controlling successfully.
Soto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soto is controlling Yamashita's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tadashi Yamashita dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab from Yamashita misses.
Yamashita throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Soto to counter with a crisp jab.
Yamashita misses with a series of wild punches.
Soto moves away from the strike by Yamashita.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamashita. That snapped Soto's head back.
Soto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamashita.
Yamashita lands a slapping body shot.
Yamashita throws out a loose jab but Soto uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Yamashita misses its intended target.
Yamashita misses with a combination
and Soto counters with a left to the body.
Yamashita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soto slips a straight right by Yamashita.
Good shot there by Yamashita.
Soto walks into a stiff left hand from Yamashita.
Yamashita scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yamashita misses with a hook to the body
and Soto counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamashita takes a swing at Soto's ribcage but misses.
Yamashita misses with a hook. Soto ducked under it nicely.
Yamashita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamashita throws a combination that misses

and Soto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soto wants to control but Yamashita is keeping him busy.
Soto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Soto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yamashita knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yamashita is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Soto prevents Yamashita from standing back up.
Soto works his way into full mount!
Yamashita wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita wants to control but Soto is having none of it.
Yamashita regains half guard.
Yamashita wants to get back to his feet.
Yamashita is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yamashita won't allow Soto to pass to mount.
Yamashita wants to control but Soto is keeping busy.
Yamashita tries to get to full guard but Soto has control of the leg.
Soto prevents Yamashita from standing back up.
Soto wants to take a breather but Yamashita is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tadashi Yamashita will probably get the nod.
That's time! Yamashita's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Yamashita misses with a straight right.
Nice takedown defense from Yamashita. No joy for Soto on that attempt.
Soto needs to keep his hands up - Yamashita had a free shot at his head there.
Tadashi Yamashita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Soto moves out of range.
Yamashita lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yamashita misses with an uppercut. Soto saw that one coming.
Soto slips under a jab.
Soto slips a jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita misses with a combination
and Soto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soto cracks Yamashita with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Soto staying out of range there.
Soto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Soto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamashita misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Yamashita misses the target.

Soto drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamashita has his feet on Soto's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Soto moves out of range as Yamashita strikes.
Yamashita throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Soto throws a series of strikes that have Yamashita backpedaling.
Soto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamashita moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamashita misses with a straight right.
Yamashita throws a hook to the side of Soto's head but Soto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soto moves away from the strike by Yamashita.
Soto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yamashita circles away.

Soto moves into the clinch.
Yamashita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Soto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamashita walks away with a smile on his face. Soto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tadashi Yamashita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angel Soto.
Yamashita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamashita takes a swing at Soto's ribcage but misses.
Yamashita throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Soto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tadashi Yamashita is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses the shot to the body.
Yamashita darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Soto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamashita throws a hook but Soto avoids it easily.
Tadashi Yamashita is winning the standup battle so far.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that Soto avoids nicely.
Yamashita throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soto counters with a nice body shot.
Soto slips a straight right by Yamashita.
Soto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yamashita throws a series of punches but Soto avoids them all with ease.
Yamashita cracks Soto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yamashita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamashita lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Soto slips under a jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita throws out a loose jab but Soto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamashita looks to land a right hand but Soto moved out of range.
Yamashita misses with the combination.
Angel Soto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita throws a big shot that misses.
Yamashita throws a series of punches but Soto moves out of range.
Soto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamashita scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yamashita throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soto slips a jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soto.
Soto dodges the punch combination from Yamashita.
Soto tries to score a power double leg takedown but Yamashita sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Soto somewhat.
Soto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yamashita throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Soto walks into a jab.
Yamashita misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita slaps away a takedown attempt from Soto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yamashita uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soto.
Soto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yamashita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yamashita misses with a jab to the body
and Soto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamashita tries to bum rush Soto with a series of wild strikes but Soto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Yamashita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Soto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Soto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Soto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamashita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soto.
Nice sprawl there from Yamashita as Soto shoots in.
Yamashita connects with a crisp jab.
Yamashita fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tadashi Yamashita.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yamashita, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tadashi Yamashita!