PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yosunaro Masashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chan Yang Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan Yang Minowa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Masashi
vs
Yang Minowa

170 cm
19
145 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

175 cm
18
148 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yosunaro Masashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chan Yang Minowa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yang Minowa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yang Minowa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Masashi misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Masashi.
Yosunaro Masashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masashi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Chan Yang Minowa has been cut.
Yang Minowa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Masashi.
No joy there for Masashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Masashi.
Yang Minowa avoids the head kick by Masashi.
Yang Minowa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yang Minowa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masashi lands a jab to the head.
Yang Minowa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Masashi throws a nice looking combination but Yang Minowa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Masashi misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Masashi tries a head kick but it misses.
Masashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Masashi misses with the combination.
Masashi scores with a decent looking hook.
Masashi throws a series of strikes that have Yang Minowa backpedaling.
Yosunaro Masashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Masashi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yang Minowa.
Masashi misses with a double jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Masashi, right into the meat.
Masashi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yang Minowa slips a jab and a cross from Masashi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Masashi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Masashi.
Masashi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masashi throws a head kick but Yang Minowa moves out of range.
Masashi misses with a few strikes there.
Yang Minowa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masashi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yang Minowa checks a low kick from Masashi.
Masashi lands with a nice combination. Yang Minowa backs away looking to recover.
Yang Minowa tries to move into range but Masashi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Masashi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Masashi's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Masashi duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masashi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Masashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Masashi misses with a head kick.
Masashi thuds a left hand into Yang Minowa's body.
Yang Minowa avoids the head kick by Masashi.
Masashi is working the combinations to good effect here.
Masashi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yang Minowa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Masashi.
Yang Minowa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Masashi throws a head kick that misses.
Masashi digs a good hook to Yang Minowa's body.
Masashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Masashi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yang Minowa backs up against the cage.
A leg kick checked by Yang Minowa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Masashi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yang Minowa slips a jab and a cross from Masashi.
Masashi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yang Minowa circles away quickly and effectively.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Masashi, as that shot connected.
Masashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Masashi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Masashi connects with a single shot there.
Yang Minowa dodges the punch combination from Masashi.
Masashi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Masashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Masashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yosunaro Masashi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chan Yang Minowa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A nice combination there by Masashi.
Masashi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Masashi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masashi throws a head kick that misses.
Masashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yang Minowa can do to turn this around?
Yang Minowa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Masashi but Masashi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Masashi lands a right hook to the body.
Masashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Masashi does no damage.
Masashi scores with a three punch combo!
Yosunaro Masashi is winning the standup battle so far.
Yang Minowa is breathing heavily.
Masashi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Masashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masashi feints and then cracks Yang Minowa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yang Minowa down.
Masashi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yang Minowa backs up against the cage.
Yang Minowa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Masashi misses with a few strikes there.
Masashi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Yang Minowa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Masashi has got the better of the exchanges.
Yang Minowa dodges the punch combination from Masashi.
Masashi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Masashi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yang Minowa in his tracks.
Masashi's corner calls for a 1-2. Masashi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Masashi scores with a leg kick.
Masashi throws a sloppy head kick and Yang Minowa moves out of range easily.
Yang Minowa blocks a head kick by Masashi.
Yang Minowa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Masashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masashi misses with a double jab.
Masashi throws a series of strikes that have Yang Minowa backpedaling.
Masashi misses with a kick to the body.
Masashi lands a two punch combo.
Masashi scores with a one two! Yang Minowa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A combination from Masashi does no damage.
Masashi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Masashi tries to bum rush Yang Minowa with a series of wild strikes but Yang Minowa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Masashi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Masashi looks to land a combination but Yang Minowa avoids it well.
Masashi misses with a low kick.
Masashi throws a head kick that misses.
Yosunaro Masashi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Masashi, right into the meat.
A right-left combo lands from Masashi.
Masashi misses with a two punch combination.
Masashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Masashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masashi scores with a head kick.
Masashi misses with a wild combination.
Masashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masashi tries to land a leg kick but Yang Minowa saw it coming and moves away.
Masashi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Masashi misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang Minowa slips a jab and a cross from Masashi.
Masashi throws a right and a left that Yang Minowa avoids nicely.
Masashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Yang Minowa is just out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Yang Minowa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yang Minowa avoids the head kick by Masashi.
Masashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masashi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Masashi throws a head kick but Yang Minowa moves out of range.
Masashi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Masashi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Masashi misses with a few strikes there.
Masashi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yosunaro Masashi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chan Yang Minowa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Masashi.
Masashi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Masashi lands a nice looking body shot.
Masashi misses with a few strikes there.
Masashi throws a one two combo.
Masashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yang Minowa was well out of range. Poor timing from Masashi.
Masashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Masashi throws a head kick but Yang Minowa moves out of range.
Masashi connects with a high kick.
Masashi tries a head kick but it misses.
Yang Minowa blocks a head kick by Masashi.
Masashi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yang Minowa.
Yang Minowa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masashi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Masashi lands a head shot.
Masashi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yang Minowa is out of range.
Yang Minowa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Masashi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yang Minowa at a distance.
A punch combination from Masashi misses.
Masashi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yang Minowa's head.
Yang Minowa checks the leg kick.
Masashi throws a series of punches but Yang Minowa avoids them all with ease.
Masashi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yang Minowa moves out of range of the leg kick from Masashi.
Masashi misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masashi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Masashi digs a good hook to Yang Minowa's body.
Yang Minowa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Masashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yang Minowa drops his hands momentarily and Masashi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Masashi connects with a crisp jab.
Masashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Masashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yang Minowa's hands.
Masashi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yang Minowa blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Masashi.
Masashi throws a nice looking combination but Yang Minowa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Masashi throws a head kick but Yang Minowa moves out of range.
Masashi throws a sloppy head kick and Yang Minowa moves out of range easily.
Yang Minowa blocks a head kick by Masashi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Masashi.
Masashi lands a body shot.
Masashi lands with a nice body punch.
Some wild striking there from Masashi.
Masashi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yang Minowa's sensitive parts.
Yang Minowa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masashi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Masashi lands a jab-cross combination.
Masashi scores with a head kick.
Masashi tries a head kick but it misses.
Yang Minowa moves out of range as Masashi throws a body kick.
Masashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Masashi throws a head kick that misses.
Masashi misses with a body shot.
Masashi misses with a series of wild punches.
Masashi digs a good body shot into Yang Minowa's ribs.
Chan Yang Minowa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yosunaro Masashi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yang Minowa drops his hands momentarily and Masashi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yosunaro Masashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Masashi 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:24
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yosunaro Masashi!