PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Masahura Yakisoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Ziskie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Yakisoba
vs
Ziskie

175 cm
28
140 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

171 cm
24
147 lbs
14 - 4 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masahura Yakisoba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phillip Ziskie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ziskie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yakisoba digs a good body shot into Ziskie's ribs.
Ziskie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Ziskie misses its intended target.
Ziskie throws a chopping leg kick but Yakisoba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ziskie swinging wildly here.
Yakisoba staying out of range there.
Ziskie looks to land a combination. Yakisoba sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Masahura Yakisoba has been cut.
No joy there for Ziskie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yakisoba fails to land with a series of punches.
Yakisoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ziskie misses with a combination
and Yakisoba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Yakisoba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakisoba taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Yakisoba trying to control the position but instead, Ziskie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yakisoba into the ropes.
Yakisoba is trying to break the clinch but Ziskie has him pressed against the ropes.
Yakisoba lands an uppercut.

Yakisoba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yakisoba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yakisoba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yakisoba defending well as Ziskie loads up on a big left hand.
Ziskie throws a series of punches but Yakisoba moves out of range.
Yakisoba lands a really nice looking cross but Ziskie seems unphased.
Yakisoba digs a good body shot into Ziskie's ribs.
Yakisoba scores with a jab to the body.
Yakisoba scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yakisoba counters with a left and a right that stings Ziskie.
Ziskie looks gassed!
Ziskie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ziskie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yakisoba scores with a jab to the body.
Yakisoba is looking to wear down Ziskie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yakisoba throws a series of punches but Ziskie moves out of range.
Ziskie misses the jab.
Ziskie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Yakisoba.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ziskie takes one on the button.
Ziskie thows a body shot but no joy.
Yakisoba throws out a powerful jab.
Yakisoba throws a right and a left that Ziskie avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Ziskie misses.
Ziskie swats away the attempt to clinch by Yakisoba.
Yakisoba punishes Ziskie's body with a nice straight punch.
Yakisoba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ziskie circles away quickly and effectively.
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yakisoba counters with a straight right hand.
Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yakisoba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yakisoba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ziskie.
Yakisoba stuns Ziskie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ziskie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yakisoba.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ziskie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Yakisoba does it's job there.
Yakisoba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yakisoba counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ziskie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yakisoba lands with an uppercut that bounces Ziskie off the ropes and back into rage.
Yakisoba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yakisoba scores with a hook.
Yakisoba throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yakisoba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ziskie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yakisoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ziskie.
Yakisoba misses with the combination.
Yakisoba is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yakisoba tries to close the distance and clinch but Ziskie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yakisoba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ziskie manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba thuds his right hand into Ziskie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yakisoba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ziskie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yakisoba lands a really nice looking cross but Ziskie seems unphased.
Yakisoba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yakisoba changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ziskie avoids the body shot from Yakisoba.
Ziskie misses with a body shot.
Ziskie throws a series of punches but Yakisoba avoids them all with ease.
Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yakisoba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ziskie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ziskie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ziskie swats away the attempt to clinch by Yakisoba.
Ziskie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ziskie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba tries to clinch but Ziskie moves out of range.
Ziskie throws an overhand right that lands on Yakisoba's shoulder, as Yakisoba tries to avoid the shot.
Yakisoba thuds a left hand into Ziskie's body.
Ziskie throws a wild body kick that Yakisoba sees coming a mile off.
Ziskie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yakisoba moves in looking to clinch but Ziskie pushes him off.
Ziskie misses with a body shot
and Yakisoba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yakisoba misses with a double jab.
Yakisoba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ziskie is able to avoid easily.
Ziskie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yakisoba counters with a body kick.
Ziskie walks into a jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yakisoba doesn't manage to clinch there - Ziskie circles away.
Yakisoba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. Yakisoba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yakisoba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yakisoba moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yakisoba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yakisoba falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ziskie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ziskie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. Yakisoba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yakisoba throws a shot to the body.
Yakisoba lands a nice hook to Ziskie's body. Ziskie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yakisoba scores with a nice head shot.
Yakisoba connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yakisoba cracks Ziskie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Yakisoba with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yakisoba comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ziskie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yakisoba scores with a nice head shot.
Yakisoba lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masahura Yakisoba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masahura Yakisoba's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body punch from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Yakisoba duly obliges.
Yakisoba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ziskie can do to turn this around?
Yakisoba lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Yakisoba does it's job there.
Ziskie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yakisoba counters with a right hand to the body.
Ziskie avoids the body shot from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ziskie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ziskie ducks right into an uppercut from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ziskie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ziskie misses with a combination
and Yakisoba counters with an inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yakisoba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakisoba is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ziskie is breathing heavily.
Yakisoba lands a nice shot that snaps Ziskie's head back.
Masahura Yakisoba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Yakisoba.
Ziskie misses with a double jab
and Yakisoba counters with an outside leg kick.

Yakisoba has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yakisoba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ziskie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yakisoba is trying to break the clinch but Ziskie is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yakisoba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ziskie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ziskie.
Yakisoba lands with a right to the head.
Ziskie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yakisoba stalling against the ropes.

Yakisoba breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Yakisoba. Beautiful body shot.
Yakisoba stuns Ziskie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Yakisoba misses.
Yakisoba lands a jab to Ziskie's midsection.
Masahura Yakisoba is winning the standup battle so far.
Ziskie misses with a wild body shot.
Ziskie throws a right and a left that Yakisoba avoids nicely.
Yakisoba lands a head shot.
Yakisoba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba looks to score with a jab to the body but Ziskie is just out of range.
Yakisoba scores with a hook to the body. Ziskie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for Yakisoba.
Ziskie blocks a head kick by Yakisoba.

Yakisoba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yakisoba is looking to break free of the clinch but Ziskie has double underhooks.
Ziskie misses with a punch on the inside.
Yakisoba dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

Yakisoba breaks the clinch.
Yakisoba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ziskie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yakisoba.

Yakisoba pushes Ziskie up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba is trying to stall.
Yakisoba tries to circle away but Ziskie has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakisoba.
Yakisoba has Ziskie pressed against the ropes, preventing Ziskie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yakisoba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ziskie is keeping busy.
Yakisoba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ziskie up against the ropes.
Yakisoba is looking to control Ziskie's arms but Ziskie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yakisoba has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Masahura Yakisoba.
Yakisoba throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ziskie counters with a stiff right hand.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba misses with a body shot.
Ziskie works over Yakisoba's head and body with a nice combination.
Ziskie throws a leg kick
letting Yakisoba counter with a right hand.
Ziskie misses the shot to the body.
Ziskie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yakisoba counters with a stiff right hand.
Ziskie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ziskie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yakisoba pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ziskie back to the ropes. Yakisoba follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Yakisoba displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yakisoba lands a nice looking body shot.
Yakisoba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ziskie keeps the fight on the outside.
Yakisoba cracks Ziskie with a good jab.

Yakisoba moves into the clinch successfully.
Ziskie swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakisoba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ziskie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yakisoba is trying to force a seperation but Ziskie has the dominant position.
Yakisoba lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ziskie backwards.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yakisoba is trying to maintain a safe position but Ziskie gets an underhook and turns Yakisoba into the ropes.
Yakisoba blocking some punches.
Yakisoba throws an elbow but it misses.
Ziskie throws a punch but it's blocked by Yakisoba.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

Yakisoba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yakisoba lands a slapping body shot.
No joy there for Ziskie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Yakisoba.
Ziskie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's eight 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.
Ziskie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ziskie misses with a combination
and Yakisoba counters with a stiff right hand.
Yakisoba scores with a hook to the body. Ziskie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donk. Yakisoba catches Ziskie right on the button with a cross.
Phillip Ziskie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yakisoba counters with a one-two to the body.
Yakisoba jabs Ziskie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yakisoba works over Ziskie's head and body with a nice combination.
Ziskie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice body punch from Yakisoba.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Yakisoba takes the fight into the clinch.

Yakisoba breaks from the clinch.
Yakisoba throws a series of punches but Ziskie avoids them all with ease.
Yakisoba jabs at Ziskie's body.
Yakisoba cracks Ziskie with a good jab.
Yakisoba jabs Ziskie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yakisoba scores with a hook to the body. Ziskie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ziskie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yakisoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yakisoba lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masahura Yakisoba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yakisoba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Masahura Yakisoba!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Masahura Yakisoba!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Masahura Yakisoba!

Masahura Yakisoba wins by unanimous decision!