PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihirou Kamahata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephan Bonnar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yoshihirou Kamahata's chin.

Kamahata
vs
Bonnar

178 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
205 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihirou Kamahata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stephan Bonnar!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kamahata enables Bonnar to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kamahata manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Bonnar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bonnar wants to control from the top but Kamahata keeps moving.

Kamahata looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bonnar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kamahata might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bonnar preventing the sweep.
Kamahata keeping moving, preventing Bonnar from controlling successfully.

Kamahata has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bonnar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kamahata is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bonnar lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Kamahata is looking for a triangle here but Bonnar uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar scoring with punches from side control.
Bonnar is looking to take a break and control but Kamahata is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bonnar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kamahata!
Bonnar has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kamahata's face.
Bonnar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kamahata is bucking up trying to escape but Bonnar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonnar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kamahata is trying to escape the mount.
Bonnar landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamahata is working to get back to half guard.
Bonnar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kamahata hang on?
Bonnar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kamahata is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kamahata regains half guard.

Kamahata is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bonnar pulls his head out easily.
Bonnar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bonnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bonnar working over Kamahata with some ground and pound. Kamahata looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kamahata is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bonnar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bonnar's back!
Bonnar breaks Kamahata's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Kamahata looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kamahata looking for a guillotine here but Bonnar defends easily.
Kamahata is trying to control the position but Bonnar postures up.
Bonnar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kamahata looking to control but Bonnar passes into half guard.

Kamahata looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bonnar lands with a punch from half guard.

Kamahata actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamahata trying to control here.

Kamahata looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kamahata on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bonnar drops an elbow to the side of Kamahata's head.
Bonnar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bonnar looks gassed!
Bonnar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kamahata gets back to full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Kamahata is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Bonnar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kamahata has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bonnar has managed to get both his arms back between Kamahata's legs - danger averted.
Bonnar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kamahata's head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kamahata looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bonnar is one step ahead there.

Kamahata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bonnar defends well.

Kamahata working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bonnar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bonnar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kamahata working a defensive guard here.

Kamahata throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kamahata manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bonnar is in all sorts of trouble here.

Kamahata has hold of Bonnar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bonnar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kamahata trying to control but Bonnar is having none of it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Kamahata wants to finish this one by submission but Bonnar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kamahata.
Kamahata wants to control the pace but Bonnar is squirming around nicely.

Bonnar has left one of his arms exposed and Kamahata doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Bonnar screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yoshihirou Kamahata!