PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kane Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Narvaez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Yamada
vs
Narvaez

190 cm
22
183 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
182 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Yamada!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Narvaez tries to score with a low kick but Yamada moves his leg out of the way.
Narvaez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yamada looks to land a left hand but Narvaez moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Narvaez misses.
Yamada lands a really nice looking cross but Narvaez seems unphased.
Narvaez throws a leg kick but Yamada moved away.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Narvaez.
Narvaez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamada needs to keep his hands up - Narvaez had a free shot at his head there.
Narvaez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Narvaez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Narvaez lands with an uppercut that bounces Yamada off the cage and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada throws an overhand right that lands on Narvaez's shoulder, as Narvaez tries to avoid the shot.
Narvaez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamada ducks under a wild hook from Narvaez.
Yamada fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Narvaez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yamada.
Kane Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narvaez throws a jab when Yamada was well out of range.
Yamada misses with a few strikes there.
Narvaez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.
Narvaez misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada connects with a body shot.
Yamada tries to clinch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Narvaez is looking to land body kicks.
Yamada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Narvaez tries to score with a low kick but Yamada moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body kick from Narvaez.
Yamada swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez lands with a good body shot.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Yamada throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Narvaez to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Narvaez counters with a thumping low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yamada crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Narvaez - the referee stops the clock and Yamada gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Narvaez. Yamada manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yamada misses with a wild combination.
Narvaez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Narvaez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
Yamada is looking to wear down Narvaez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamada takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Narvaez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yamada is breathing heavily.
Narvaez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Narvaez thows a body kick. Yamada tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narvaez slips a jab and a cross from Yamada.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Narvaez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Narvaez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yamada digs a good hook to Narvaez's body.
Narvaez cracks Yamada with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narvaez scores with a push kick.
Yamada keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Narvaez.
Yamada takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Narvaez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Narvaez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
Narvaez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamada.
Narvaez lands a high kick!
Yamada lands with a hook. Narvaez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Narvaez connects with a looping right hand.
Yamada swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Narvaez.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Narvaez throws a looping overhand right but Yamada ducks down to avoid it.
Narvaez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yamada takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Narvaez.
Yamada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands with an overhand left.
Yamada misses the jab.
Yamada will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Yamada throws a hook to the side of Narvaez's head but Narvaez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rafael Narvaez seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Yamada has closed the distance and engaged Narvaez in a clinch.

Narvaez breaks from the clinch.
Narvaez throws a low kick, looking for Yamada's leg but Yamada calmly moves out of range.
Narvaez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yamada's head backwards.
Yamada slips under a jab from Narvaez.
Yamada misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with a double jab
and Narvaez counters with a good, hard body kick but Yamada shrugs it off.
Narvaez defending well as Yamada loads up on a big left hand.
Narvaez lands an overhand right.
Yamada moves out of range of the body kick.
Narvaez throws a push kick but Yamada slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Narvaez.
Yamada throws a body kick that misses.
Narvaez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamada throws out a loose jab but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamada thuds a left hand into Narvaez's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez is looking to slow Yamada down with leg kicks.
Narvaez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yamada if he has to take too many more of those.
Good work by Yamada as he checks the leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Narvaez 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.

Yamada has Narvaez up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Yamada.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamada misses with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez has a couple of punches blocked by Yamada.
A right hook to the body lands for Narvaez.
Yamada misses with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez misses with some punches.
Yamada lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Narvaez.
Yamada wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Narvaez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yamada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Yamada.
Narvaez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamada.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez blocks a body shot from Yamada.
Narvaez lands with a right to the head.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamada lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Narvaez backwards.
Narvaez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamada's elbow.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Narvaez.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Yamada lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
Narvaez lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Yamada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Narvaez blocking some punches.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Narvaez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Narvaez.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narvaez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamada.
Narvaez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yamada working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Narvaez feints and then cracks Yamada's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamada down.
Narvaez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yamada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Narvaez looks to land a right hand but Yamada moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Yamada.
A swing and a miss from Narvaez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamada fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Narvaez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Narvaez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamada manages to avoid it.
Yamada lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Yamada.
Narvaez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada misses the shot to the body.
Yamada thows a body shot but no joy.
Narvaez swings for the body but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Narvaez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yamada.
Yamada throws a jab when Narvaez was well out of range.
Yamada stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Narvaez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yamada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yamada tries to clinch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Yamada defending well as Narvaez loads up on a big left hand.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Yamada scores with a jab. Narvaez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Narvaez circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamada throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Narvaez counters with a stiff right hand.
Narvaez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yamada in his tracks.
Narvaez thows a leg kick but Yamada checks it
and Yamada counters with a solid body kick.
The fighters circling - Narvaez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamada throws a shot from downtown. Narvaez moves away and avoids it.
Yamada fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Narvaez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with a looping left.
Narvaez takes one to the side of the head.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narvaez.
Narvaez connects with a jab.
Yamada misses with a low kick.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
Narvaez avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Narvaez moves out of range of the strikes.
Narvaez moves away from the strike by Yamada.
Yamada swings away with a body shot that misses
and Narvaez counters with a leg kick.
Narvaez throws a looping overhand right but Yamada ducks down to avoid it.

That's four 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.
Narvaez staying out of range there.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narvaez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamada. Narvaez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamada displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yamada slips a jab from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a leg kick but Yamada checks it.
Yamada walks into a left hand.
Yamada wants to clinch.
Narvaez moves away from the strike by Yamada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Rafael Narvaez just about did enough to take it.
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.

A shot to the liver by Yamada. Beautiful body shot.
Narvaez looks for the body kick but Yamada saw that one coming.
Yamada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Narvaez wants to land a leg kick but Yamada is out of range.
Yamada sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yamada.
Yamada thuds a left hand into Narvaez's body.
Yamada misses with a leg kick
letting Narvaez counter with a right hand.
Yamada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Narvaez counters with a thumping low kick.
Yamada tests Narvaez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Narvaez avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamada thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamada lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Narvaez at a distance.
Narvaez moves away from the strike by Yamada.
Yamada on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yamada connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yamada tries to clinch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Yamada throws a leg kick that is checked
and Narvaez counters with a right hand to the body.
Narvaez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Narvaez moves out of range as Yamada strikes.
Yamada throws a body punch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Yamada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Narvaez connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yamada looks to land a combination but Narvaez avoids it well.
Narvaez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yamada blocks a jab.
Narvaez keeps Yamada at a distance using the push kick.
Yamada tries to clinch up.
Narvaez misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Yamada.
Narvaez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamada closes the distance but Narvaez moves to the side
and Narvaez counters with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Narvaez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Narvaez throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Yamada misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Yamada doesn't manage to clinch there - Narvaez circles away.
Narvaez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yamada throws a hook but Narvaez avoids it easily.
Yamada moves out of range as Narvaez strikes.
Yamada swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Yamada lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Narvaez slips a straight right by Yamada.
Yamada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Narvaez circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamada swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yamada lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Narvaez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Narvaez throws a head kick that half lands.
Yamada fails to land with a series of punches.
Yamada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Narvaez connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Narvaez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Narvaez is looking to score with low kicks.
Yamada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Narvaez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Narvaez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamada tries to clinch up but Narvaez circles away and keeps his distance.
Yamada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamada lands with a nice body punch.
Yamada misses with the combination.
Narvaez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Narvaez counters with a nice uppercut.
Kane Yamada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez thows a body kick. Yamada tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Narvaez cracks Yamada with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Narvaez.
Narvaez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Narvaez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Narvaez.
Narvaez misses with a low kick as Yamada jumps back.
Yamada's jab looks to have found its range, popping Narvaez under the eye.
Yamada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Narvaez counters with a good low kick that Yamada was not able to check.
Narvaez dodges the punch combination from Yamada.
Narvaez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Narvaez lands with a kick to the temple. Yamada shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yamada throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Narvaez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yamada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Narvaez can pounce on him.
Narvaez misses with a looping right.
Yamada is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Narvaez misses with a low kick.
Narvaez slips a straight right by Yamada.
Narvaez misses with a looping right.
A big right from Yamada misses.
Yamada moves out of range as Narvaez strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamada throws a looping overhand right but Narvaez ducks down to avoid it.
Yamada swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Yamada.
Narvaez throws the left hand but Yamada avoids the punch easily.
Narvaez throws a leg kick which misses Yamada's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamada tries to avoid it.
Yamada on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yamada connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Narvaez's hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narvaez was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamada.
Narvaez connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yamada misses with a combination
and Narvaez counters with a nice kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Narvaez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Narvaez 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 45:50
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Narvaez!
Rafael Narvaez is the new welterweight champion!