PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shingen Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Money Pakyaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Yamamoto
vs
Pakyaw

180 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
147 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shingen Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Money Pakyaw!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto throws a leg kick which misses Pakyaw's front leg but catches the back leg as Pakyaw tries to avoid it.
Pakyaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Pakyaw.
Pakyaw tries to clinch but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Money Pakyaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamamoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pakyaw wants to clinch up but Yamamoto keeps it at a distance.
Pakyaw wants to clinch up but Yamamoto keeps it at a distance.
Pakyaw moves in looking to clinch but Yamamoto pushes him off.

Yamamoto instigates a clinch.
Yamamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pakyaw's efforts to push away.

Yamamoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pakyaw closes the distance looking to clinch

and Yamamoto counters with a takedown into side control.
Pakyaw pushes Yamamoto away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Yamamoto gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Yamamoto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Yamamoto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakyaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Yamamoto with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Yamamoto is breathing heavily.
Pakyaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Yamamoto controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pakyaw is trying to stand.
Yamamoto controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pakyaw is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Yamamoto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yamamoto controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yamamoto won't let Pakyaw get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamamoto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Yamamoto controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shingen Yamamoto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pakyaw instigates a clinch.
Pakyaw wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yamamoto prevents Pakyaw from breaking the clinch.
Pakyaw lands a nice shot to the body.
Pakyaw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pakyaw lands with a light punch inside.
Yamamoto working hard to break the clinch.
Pakyaw working hard to break the clinch.
Pakyaw lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.
Pakyaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Pakyaw is trying to force a seperation but Yamamoto has the dominant position.

Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Yamamoto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yamamoto is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto wants to take a breather but Pakyaw is having none of it.
Yamamoto is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Yamamoto is keen to just control but Pakyaw is a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Shingen Yamamoto.
Pakyaw darts in trying to clinch

and Yamamoto counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pakyaw's guard now.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Pakyaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto stops Pakyaw from standing up.
Yamamoto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pakyaw works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pakyaw wants to stand and escape but Yamamoto is having none of it.
Yamamoto stays in close to Pakyaw's body and controls the position.
Yamamoto wants to pass the guard but Pakyaw is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Yamamoto misses with an uppercut. Pakyaw saw that one coming.
Pakyaw pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pakyaw fails to land the takedown.
Pakyaw is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Yamamoto.
Pakyaw shoots in for a takedown but Yamamoto shows good takedown defense.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses.
Yamamoto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pakyaw swivels and escapes.

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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pakyaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pakyaw with a poor takedown

and Yamamoto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pakyaw won't be happy with that.
Shingen Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Money Pakyaw.

Yamamoto decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Yamamoto circles away from the clinch attempt

and Yamamoto counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Pakyaw!
Pakyaw really wants to buck Yamamoto off and get back to his feet.
Yamamoto controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shingen Yamamoto dominated that second round.
That's time! Yamamoto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Yamamoto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yamamoto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pakyaw wants to clinch but Yamamoto slips to the side
and Yamamoto counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pakyaw closes the distance but Yamamoto moves to the side

and Yamamoto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pakyaw is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Yamamoto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pakyaw works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shingen Yamamoto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pakyaw keeping full guard, as Yamamoto tries to pass.
Yamamoto is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamamoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A head kick by Yamamoto misses

and Pakyaw counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yamamoto's guard now.
Pakyaw must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Pakyaw stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Yamamoto throws up his legs and catches Pakyaw in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Pakyaw tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Yamamoto! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Shingen Yamamoto!