PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tadashi Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jae Darkwaters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darkwaters is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Furious - Ja-Rule. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yamashita
vs
Darkwaters

173 cm
22
170 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
184 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

FULL METAL GEAR
FULL METAL GEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tadashi Yamashita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jae Darkwaters!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkwaters misses with an uppercut. Yamashita saw that one coming.
Darkwaters drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yamashita looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkwaters is just out of range.
Yamashita on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Darkwaters connects with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yamashita closes the distance and clinches up with Darkwaters, looking for a takedown. Yamashita pushes Darkwaters against the cage but Darkwaters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Darkwaters fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yamashita checks a low kick from Darkwaters.
Yamashita swings for the body but Darkwaters moves out of range.
Yamashita thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamashita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamashita misses with a wild body shot.

Darkwaters closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Darkwaters working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yamashita is looking for a sweep.

Darkwaters is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yamashita has escaped the position, nice work there.
Darkwaters wants to take a breather but Yamashita manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Darkwaters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkwaters slips nicely into half guard.
Darkwaters wants to advance to full mount but Yamashita doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darkwaters controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Darkwaters postures up.
Darkwaters pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yamashita is keeping the position for now.
Yamashita keeping moving, preventing Darkwaters from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Darkwaters postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Yamashita is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Darkwaters, into his guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darkwaters is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yamashita is aware though and is defending well.
Yamashita scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Darkwaters holds on and takes a little breather.

Yamashita 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.
Darkwaters looking to control.
Yamashita postures up in Darkwaters's guard and throws a big left but Darkwaters blocks it.
Yamashita postures up in Darkwaters's guard and throws a big left but Darkwaters blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Darkwaters is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yamashita with a nice head shot there.

Darkwaters working for a triangle but Yamashita defends it easily.
Yamashita throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Darkwaters controlling the position.

Yamashita thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yamashita passes into half guard.
Yamashita wants to pass the guard but Darkwaters is defending well.
Darkwaters is controlling Yamashita's trapped leg to prevent Yamashita from advancing to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita throwing shots but Darkwaters is blocking nicely.

Yamashita is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Darkwaters is just riding it out for now. Yamashita eventually gives up the hold.
Nice strikes from Yamashita there.
Darkwaters desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Yamashita moves into full mount! Darkwaters won't be happy about that!
Yamashita trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yamashita prevents Darkwaters from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jae Darkwaters dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yamashita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Tadashi Yamashita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darkwaters tries for a takedown but Yamashita sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Darkwaters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Darkwaters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamashita thuds his right hand into Darkwaters's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Darkwaters stuffs the takedown.
Yamashita steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkwaters.
Yamashita stuns Darkwaters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darkwaters drops his hands momentarily and Yamashita takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Darkwaters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamashita.
Darkwaters gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yamashita.
Darkwaters ducks under a wild hook from Yamashita.
Yamashita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darkwaters manages to avoid it.
Yamashita is looking to wear down Darkwaters with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamashita takes a swing at Darkwaters's ribcage but misses.
Darkwaters slips a jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darkwaters moves away.
Darkwaters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamashita sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darkwaters avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Darkwaters uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamashita.
Yamashita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamashita slips under a jab.
Yamashita swings for the body but Darkwaters moves out of range.
Yamashita works Darkwaters's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamashita cracks a nice hook into Darkwaters's ribs.
Yamashita thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darkwaters was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Nice defenses there by Yamashita.
Darkwaters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Yamashita takes a swing at Darkwaters's ribcage but misses.
Darkwaters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darkwaters shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yamashita defends it nicely.
Darkwaters doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamashita circles away.
Darkwaters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamashita dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darkwaters misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tadashi Yamashita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jae Darkwaters.
Darkwaters is breathing heavily.
Yamashita takes a swing at Darkwaters's ribcage but misses.
Yamashita tests Darkwaters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darkwaters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamashita just misses with a punch to the body.
Darkwaters just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamashita lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamashita connects with a jab.
Yamashita scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkwaters.
Yamashita fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yamashita connects with the punch.
Yamashita scores with a jab to the head.
Yamashita paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darkwaters misses with a straight right.
Yamashita looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkwaters is just out of range.
Yamashita lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Darkwaters at a distance.

Darkwaters changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yamashita looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yamashita struggling a bit here.

Darkwaters goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Yamashita rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Darkwaters's guard! Nice work there by Yamashita!

Yamashita 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.
Yamashita thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita throwing strikes from guard but Darkwaters blocks nicely.
Yamashita missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yamashita has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yamashita trying to control the position from guard on top but Darkwaters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darkwaters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yamashita postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Darkwaters controlling the position.
Darkwaters's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Yamashita throwing strikes but missing.
Yamashita tries to free his leg and advance position but Darkwaters is retaining full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yamashita trying to control the position from guard on top but Darkwaters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yamashita misses with a looping left.
Darkwaters avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Yamashita throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Darkwaters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yamashita swings for the body but Darkwaters moves out of range.
Yamashita gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamashita doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yamashita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamashita misses with a hook.
Darkwaters shoots in but Yamashita avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yamashita lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Darkwaters throws a hook to the side of Yamashita's head but Yamashita sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darkwaters was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Darkwaters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Yamashita fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Yamashita gets tackled into the cage by Darkwaters. Darkwaters maintains the clinch.
Darkwaters lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamashita backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Darkwaters wants a takedown but no success here.
Darkwaters is stalling here.
Yamashita gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters goes for a takedown attempt but Yamashita pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tadashi Yamashita dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Yamashita stuns Darkwaters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamashita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamashita lands a jab to Darkwaters's midsection.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Darkwaters moves out of range.
Yamashita lands an overhand right.
Darkwaters punishes Yamashita's body with a nice straight punch.
Yamashita lands a lovely overhand right.
Darkwaters might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yamashita misses with a jab to the body

and Darkwaters counters by moving into the clinch.
Yamashita is looking to break free of the clinch but Darkwaters has double underhooks.
Darkwaters taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darkwaters.
A right hand to the body from Darkwaters.
Yamashita is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamashita tries to throw a body punch but Darkwaters avoids it by throwing Yamashita back against the cage.
Yamashita tries to break the clinch but Darkwaters is controlling the position.
Darkwaters pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darkwaters as Yamashita tries to tie him up.
Darkwaters stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darkwaters takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamashita is trying to break the clinch but Darkwaters has him pressed against the cage.
Darkwaters has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yamashita is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamashita is trying to push Darkwaters away but Darkwaters has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yamashita is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Darkwaters lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yamashita wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamashita tries to circle away but Darkwaters has him pinned against the cage.
Darkwaters lands a left hand.
Darkwaters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamashita's efforts to push away.
Yamashita is trying to force a seperation but Darkwaters has the dominant position.
Yamashita prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yamashita is trying to break the clinch but Darkwaters has him pressed against the cage.
Yamashita is trying to break free.
Yamashita tries for a takedown. No joy.
Darkwaters looking for a takedown.
Tadashi Yamashita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jae Darkwaters.
Yamashita tries to circle away but Darkwaters has him pinned against the cage.
Yamashita jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Darkwaters walks away with a smile on his face. Yamashita gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Darkwaters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Darkwaters avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Yamashita scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Darkwaters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Darkwaters shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Darkwaters was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Darkwaters jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Yamashita is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Yamashita and Darkwaters has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Yamashita's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Darkwaters swings around for an armbar but Yamashita sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Darkwaters's guard.
Yamashita makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Darkwaters controls Yamashita momentarily but Yamashita frees himself.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita postures up.
Darkwaters keeping moving, preventing Yamashita from controlling successfully.
Yamashita is looking to work some ground and pound but Darkwaters has wrist control.
Yamashita landing some decent shots from guard.
Darkwaters is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Yamashita wants to pass the guard but Darkwaters is keeping the position.
Darkwaters seems keen to control Yamashita's posture.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fighters circling - Darkwaters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Darkwaters throws an overhand right that lands on Yamashita's shoulder, as Yamashita tries to avoid the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yamashita checks a leg kick.
Yamashita punishes Darkwaters's body with a nice straight punch.
Yamashita digs a good body shot into Darkwaters's ribs.
Yamashita misses with a looping right.
Yamashita scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darkwaters looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yamashita is fending him off so far but Darkwaters persists. Nope, Yamashita circles away and we're back to standing.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yamashita cracks a nice hook into Darkwaters's ribs.

Yamashita drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Yamashita postures up and lands a big shot to Darkwaters's brow.
Yamashita postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yamashita connects with a couple of short punches.
Darkwaters not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Darkwaters keeping moving, preventing Yamashita from controlling successfully.

Yamashita drops back looking for a leg! Darkwaters is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Darkwaters manages to kick Yamashita off! Yamashita jumps back into Darkwaters's guard.
Yamashita working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tadashi Yamashita showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yamashita has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tadashi Yamashita!