PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Summers
vs
Yoshida

180 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers throws the kick towards the body but Yoshida avoids it.
Summers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yoshida.
A slapping leg kick lands for Summers.
Summers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Summers lands a front kick.
Summers attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick

and Yoshida counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yoshida trying to control the position from guard on top but Summers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Summers is trying to keep Yoshida in close.
Yoshida is looking to work some ground and pound but Summers has wrist control.
Yoshida controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Yoshida from controlling successfully.
Yoshida postures up in Summers's guard and throws a big left but Summers blocks it.
Yoshida tries to free his leg and advance position but Summers is retaining full guard.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida is in close to Summers's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Summers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yoshida is one step ahead there.

Summers had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yoshida defends it easily.
Yoshida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Summers is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yoshida is aware though and is defending well.
Yoshida not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Yoshida works over Summers with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Summers working a defensive guard here.

Summers had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yoshida defends it easily.
Yoshida in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida postures up.

Summers has his foot on Yoshida's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yoshida works his way back into a safe position though.
Yoshida tries to free his leg and advance position but Summers is retaining full guard.
Summers trying to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yoshida showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Yoshida from controlling successfully.
Yoshida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Yoshida from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mark Yoshida.
Summers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yoshida takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers scores with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Summers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Summers connects with an inside leg kick.
Summers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Summers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range and Summers settles back down.
Summers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yoshida checks it well.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Yoshida moves out of range easily.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Yoshida moves out of range easily.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Summers throws a head kick that misses

and Yoshida counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Yoshida is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Let's hope that Yoshida has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Summers is trying to escape the mount.
Yoshida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Summers?
Summers tries to hold on but Yoshida pushes him away.
Yoshida cracks Summers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yoshida prevents Summers from getting the reversal.
Yoshida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Summers?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yoshida scoring with strikes but Summers is staying in there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoshida looking to finish Summers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Summers!
Summers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yoshida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoshida landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Yoshida dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yoshida moves out of range of the leg kick from Summers.
Yoshida moves out of range of the leg kick from Summers.

Yoshida scores a takedown into full mount!
Yoshida raining down hammerfists from mount.

Summers is rocked!
Yoshida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oh Summers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yoshida with a couple of short strikes.
Summers takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Yoshida's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Yoshida!