PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Enqvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shunsuke Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Enqvist comes to the cage accompanied by Powerglove - Storm Eagle. The key to victory for Lars Enqvist has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Enqvist
vs
Yamamoto

177 cm
21
215 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

194 cm
20
223 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

MTG - NY

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lars Enqvist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsuke Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto tries to clinch but Enqvist is having none of it.
Yamamoto ducks under a wild hook from Enqvist.
Shunsuke Yamamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yamamoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yamamoto pushes Enqvist back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto keeps control of Enqvist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yamamoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lars Enqvist has been cut.
Yamamoto cracks Enqvist with a nice body shot.
Yamamoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Yamamoto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Enqvist is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto cracks Enqvist with a nice body shot.
Enqvist is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Enqvist tries to throw a body punch but Yamamoto avoids it by throwing Enqvist back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Enqvist.
Enqvist leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamamoto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Enqvist's defenses.
Yamamoto digs a right hand into Enqvist's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Enqvist's gas tank.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Enqvist in his tracks for a moment.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Enqvist takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Enqvist in his tracks for a moment.
Yamamoto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto cracks Enqvist with a nice body shot.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamamoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike.
Yamamoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yamamoto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Enqvist's defenses.
A short left from Yamamoto.
Enqvist blocks an elbow strike.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enqvist.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yamamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Yamamoto as the two fighters clinch.
Enqvist blocks an elbow strike.
Enqvist is trying to force a seperation but Yamamoto has the dominant position.
Yamamoto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yamamoto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Yamamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Enqvists head.
Yamamoto lands with a left to the head.
Enqvist takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yamamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Enqvist has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto gets through Enqvist's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Enqvist won't want to take too many of those.
Enqvist looking to stall.
Enqvist can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto pushes off an throws an elbow but Enqvist leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Enqvist stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yamamoto lands a right hand.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow.
Enqvist looking to slow down the pace here.
Yamamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Enqvist dodges an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamamoto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Enqvist.
Enqvist leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Enqvist's defenses.
Enqvist blocks an uppercut.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Enqvist is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Enqvist into the cage.
Enqvist blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Enqvist takes an elbow to the forehead.
Enqvist has had enough of the clinch but Yamamoto keeps him there for the moment.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses.
Enqvist is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Enqvist wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Yamamoto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Enqvist.
Nice body punch from Yamamoto - that landed with a thud.
Enqvist is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamamoto is keeping busy.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Enqvists head.
A left hand lands to the body for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Enqvist blocks an uppercut.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Enqvist takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamamoto throws an elbow but misses.

Enqvist breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up.

Yamamoto has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shunsuke Yamamoto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Enqvist's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Enqvist throws out a loose jab but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Yamamoto 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.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch but Enqvist is avoiding it.
Enqvist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamamoto tries to clinch there but Enqvist circles away.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Enqvist circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Enqvist.
Enqvist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Enqvist keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Enqvist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yamamoto avoids the body shot from Enqvist.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto wants to clinch.

Yamamoto has Enqvist up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamamoto lands a body punch.
Shunsuke Yamamoto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yamamoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamamoto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enqvist blocks an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Enqvist lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Enqvist blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yamamoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Enqvist is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Enqvist throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
A short right from Yamamoto on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto misses with a knee strike.
Enqvist wants to stall.
Enqvist dodges an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands an elbow just above Enqvist 's eye.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.
Enqvist throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Enqvist is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Enqvist into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Enqvist's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto scores with a shoulder strike.
Enqvist blocks an elbow strike.
Yamamoto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yamamoto lands a left hand.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamamoto.
Enqvist has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Enqvist looking to stall.
Enqvist blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Enqvist avoiding damage.
Yamamoto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Enqvist blocks an uppercut.
Enqvist is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yamamoto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yamamoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamamoto lands an elbow just above Enqvist 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto pushes off an throws an elbow but Enqvist leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Enqvist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Enqvist backwards.
Enqvist on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Enqvist wants to stall.
Yamamoto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Enqvist avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Enqvist stalling in the clinch but Yamamoto improves position.
A short right from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto works on Enqvist's body with a couple of short punches.
Enqvist trying to stall but Yamamoto improves his position.
Yamamoto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamamoto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Yamamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Enqvist managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Enqvists head.
Enqvist managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Enqvist is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Enqvist into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamamoto throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Enqvist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamamoto is leaning against Enqvist and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Enqvist avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Enqvist has had enough of the clinch but Yamamoto keeps him there for the moment.
A right hand to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamamoto misses with some punches.
Yamamoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto prevents a body shot from Enqvist.
Enqvist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamamoto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Enqvist blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Enqvist has Yamamoto pushed against the cage.
Enqvist is trying to break the clinch but Yamamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Yamamoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shunsuke Yamamoto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lars Enqvist's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Enqvist tries to keep at a distance but Yamamoto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Enqvist avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Yamamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Enqvist.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Enqvist blocks with his arms.
Enqvist is trying to stall.
Enqvist blocking some punches.
Enqvist is looking to control Yamamoto's arms but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Enqvist has his back to the cage.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Enqvist avoids it.
Enqvist is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Enqvist wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yamamoto has a couple of punches blocked by Enqvist.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yamamoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamamoto working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enqvist wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Enqvist is trying to force a seperation but Yamamoto has the dominant position.
Yamamoto cracks Enqvist with a nice body shot.
Enqvist working hard to break the clinch.
Yamamoto pushes Enqvist back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Enqvist dodges an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Enqvist tries to stall but Yamamoto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Yamamoto.
Enqvist has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Enqvist's efforts to push away.
Enqvist is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamamoto is keeping busy.
Yamamoto lands a left hand.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Enqvist managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike.
Shunsuke Yamamoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Enqvist stalling in the clinch but Yamamoto improves position.
Yamamoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands an uppercut.
Enqvist struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamamoto controls his hands.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Enqvist is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enqvist wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Enqvist is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Enqvist into the cage.
Yamamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamamoto goes for a takedown in the clinch but Enqvist prevents it.
Enqvist is trying to break free.
Enqvist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Enqvist is looking to control Yamamoto's arms but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Enqvist has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto digs a right hand underneath Enqvist's ribcage. Enqvist let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lars Enqvist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Yamamoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamamoto is leaning against Enqvist and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Enqvist is trying to break free.
Enqvist struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamamoto controls his hands.
Enqvist lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Enqvist wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamamoto has Enqvist pressed against the cage, preventing Enqvist from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Yamamoto prevents Enqvist from breaking the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Enqvist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto has Enqvist pressed against the cage, preventing Enqvist from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Enqvist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamamoto's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shunsuke Yamamoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yamamoto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shunsuke Yamamoto!