PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diesel Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diesel Page could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Go Yamamoto's chin.

Page
vs
Yamamoto

175 cm
26
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
156 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diesel Page!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Go Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yamamoto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.

It looks like Diesel Page has been cut.

Yamamoto lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Page goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Yamamoto in side control.

Page is rocked!

Yamamoto decides to stand back up.
Oh Page is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Yamamoto gets a clinch.
Page seems to have got his legs back now.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the body.
Page takes an elbow to the forehead.
Page takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Page looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diesel Page. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Page is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Page has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yamamoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yamamoto working Page over with knees to the body.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto slowing the pace effectively.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto has Page pushed against the cage.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Page takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yamamoto obliges.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.

Page gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Page trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamamoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamamoto has Page pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yamamoto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Page is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Page throws a strike but Yamamoto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Yamamoto tries to free his leg and advance position but Page is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Page is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yamamoto drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Page manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Yamamoto has Page in his guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Page looking to sit in guard and control but Yamamoto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Yamamoto sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Yamamoto gets to his feet. Page looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Page misses with a takedown attempt - Yamamoto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Yamamoto closes the distance and pushes Page back into the cage.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Page is working for takedown but Yamamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Page has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Page's ribcage.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamamoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yamamoto stalling in the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yamamoto leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Go Yamamoto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diesel Page's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Page fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yamamoto avoids it really well and circles away.
Yamamoto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Page's sensitive parts.
Page shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yamamoto sprawls well. Yamamoto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Page gets slowly back to his feet.

Yamamoto moves into the clinch.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto stalling against the cage.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto stops a takedown attempt from Page.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diesel Page. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Page takes an elbow to the temple.
Page goes for a takedown attempt but Yamamoto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page closes the distance and clinches up with Yamamoto, looking for a takedown. Page pushes Yamamoto against the cage but Yamamoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Yamamoto drives through and clinches with Page against the cage.
Page takes an elbow to the forehead.
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 landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Page blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto landing knees to the head.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Page's brow.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is looking to control Page's arms but Page gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yamamoto has his back to the cage.
Yamamoto is pressed up against the cage. Page has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yamamoto down to the mat. Yamamoto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Page is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yamamoto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Page misses the shot to the body.

Yamamoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yamamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Page takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Page wants a takedown but no success here.
Go Yamamoto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Page tries to score a body lock takedown but Yamamoto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yamamoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Page jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Page gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yamamoto throws a nice head kick!
Page looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yamamoto lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Yamamoto clinches up with Page and pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Page wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamamoto won't allow it.
Page on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Page is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yamamoto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Yamamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Page blocks it with crossed arms.
Yamamoto pressing his opponent against the cage.
Page wants a takedown.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Page blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Page tries to break free but Yamamoto pushes him back against the cage.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Page is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yamamoto pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yamamoto has Page pushed against the cage.
Page tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Page lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Page's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yamamoto scores with a knee to the head.
Page goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yamamoto prevents it.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Page has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Page avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Page tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yamamoto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Page in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Go Yamamoto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Diesel Page's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Page scores with a nice head shot.
Page keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamamoto.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yamamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up.
Page shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yamamoto defends it nicely.
Page looks for a takedown but Yamamoto sprawls well.
Yamamoto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yamamoto tries to clinch there but Page circles away.

Yamamoto forces Page back against the cage and clinches.
Yamamoto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yamamoto with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Page has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Page pulls guard successfully.
Page trying to control the position.
Page preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Yamamoto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yamamoto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yamamoto wants to pass the guard but Page is keeping the position.
Yamamoto wants to control from the top but Page keeps moving.

That's two 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.
Page manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Page unloads with some shots from mount but Yamamoto bucks and avoids them well.
Page misses with a head shot.
Yamamoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Page scoring with strikes but Yamamoto is staying in there.
Yamamoto really wants to buck Page off and get back to his feet.
Page is landing with some decent strikes but Yamamoto is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Page prevents Yamamoto from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yamamoto's face.
Page throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Page punishing his opponent with strikes.
Page fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Page is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Yamamoto has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Yamamoto!
Yamamoto is looking to work some ground and pound but Page has wrist control.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Page is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yamamoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page dives in and grabs Yamamoto's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yamamoto pushes down on Page's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diesel Page. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamamoto chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Yamamoto has Page up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Page shrugs off.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.
Page takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Page drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Page has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Page tries to score a body lock takedown but Yamamoto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Go Yamamoto really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diesel Page's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yamamoto darts in and clinches Page up against the cage.
Page wants a takedown but no success here.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yamamoto is pressed up against the cage. Page has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yamamoto down to the mat. Yamamoto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Yamamoto clinches.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Page's face.
Yamamoto misses with a knee to the head.
Yamamoto stalling in the clinch but Page improves position.

Page successfully pulls guard.
Yamamoto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Page seems keen to control Yamamoto's posture.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Page scoring with strikes but Yamamoto is staying in there.
Page prevents Yamamoto from getting the reversal.
Yamamoto is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Yamamoto working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Page scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yamamoto?
Yamamoto tries to hold on but Page postures up.
Page looking to finish Yamamoto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yamamoto!
Yamamoto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Page connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Page lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Page landing strikes, looking to finish!
Page throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Yamamoto because Page loaded up on that one.
Page working the ground and pound effectively.
Page is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yamamoto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page landing punches.
Page working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Page is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Page misses with a head shot.
Yamamoto is working to get back to half guard.
Page unloading with bombs!
Yamamoto is looking to get to half guard.
Page working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page looking to finish with strikes here!
Page wants to control the pace but Yamamoto is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Page misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Page won't let Yamamoto get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Yamamoto is in a horrible position here. Page smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yamamoto is bucking up trying to escape but Page cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yamamoto is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diesel Page had his way with Go Yamamoto in that round.
The cut man is working on Diesel Page's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Yamamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but Page moves out of range.
Page shoots in for a takedown but Yamamoto shows good takedown defense.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Page swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yamamoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Page circles away.
Yamamoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Page fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Yamamoto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a hook that stumbles Page back into the cage. Yamamoto follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Page to the canvas! Yamamoto pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Page has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Go Yamamoto!
Go Yamamoto is the new lightweight champion!