PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barretto comes to the cage accompanied by Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barretto
vs
Yamada

180 cm
28
175 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
183 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Yamada!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Barretto
and Barretto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamada misses with a right hand
and Barretto counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Barretto throws a body kick that misses.

Yamada moves into the clinch.
Yamada dodges an elbow strike from Barretto.
A short right from Barretto on the inside.
Barretto blocks a body shot from Yamada.
Still in the clinch, Yamada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barretto tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
Barretto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barretto takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada misses with a short punch on the inside.

Yamada breaks from the clinch.
Yamada avoids a kick to the body.
Yamada dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barretto. That did some damage!
Barretto staying out of range there.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barretto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barretto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamada.
Barretto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barretto lands a nice hook to Yamada's body. Yamada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yamada throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barretto.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Barretto.
Yamada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barretto.

Barretto clinches up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barretto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamada's brow.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Yamada.
Barretto blocks a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamada has a couple of punches blocked by Barretto.
Barretto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamadas head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barretto lands with a left to the head.
Yamada wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barretto has him pressed against the cage.
Yamada managing to block the knees to the body from Barretto.
Yamada tries a body shot but Barretto blocks it.
Barretto blocks a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
Barretto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Barretto misses with a punch to the body.
Barretto lands an elbow just above Yamada 's eye.
Yamada avoids the elbow strike from Barretto, against the cage.
Barretto lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Barretto as the two fighters clinch.
Yamada looks gassed!
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
Barretto lands an elbow inside.
Barretto struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamada controls his hands.
Barretto lands a right hand.
Barretto misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamada.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
Barretto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamada.
Barretto lands a good knee to the midsection. Yamada won't want to take too many of those.
Barretto pushes Yamada back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barretto blocking some punches.

Yamada breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamada throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barretto scores with a spinning back kick!
Barretto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamada.
Barretto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamada tries to land a leg kick but Barretto saw it coming and moves away.
Barretto thumps Yamada with a low kick.
Barretto thows a body kick. Yamada tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Barretto lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Barretto. Beautiful body shot.
Yamada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barretto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamada throws a wild body kick that Barretto sees coming a mile off.
Yamada throws a body punch but Barretto moves out of range.
Yamada throws an overhand right that lands on Barretto's shoulder, as Barretto tries to avoid the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yamada crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barretto - the referee stops the clock and Yamada gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barretto. Yamada manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Barretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barretto lands a nice shot to the body.
Barretto scores with a head kick. Yamada tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kane Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Barretto has Yamada up against the cage in a clinch.
Barretto misses with a punch on the inside.
Barretto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barretto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto dominated that round.
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.

Barretto thumps Yamada with a low kick.
Barretto misses with a head kick.
Yamada wants to clinch.
Yamada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barretto throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Barretto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yamada throws a hook to the side of Barretto's head but Barretto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barretto.
Barretto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamada was well out of range. Poor timing from Barretto.
Yamada wants to clinch.
Barretto blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barretto staying out of range there.
Yamada looks to score with a jab to the body but Barretto is just out of range.
Yamada misses with a few strikes there.
Yamada is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yamada avoiding damage as Barretto throws knees to the body.
Yamada is trying to break free.
Barretto scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Barretto fails to land.
Barretto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barretto has a couple of punches blocked by Yamada.
Yamada is looking to break free of the clinch but Barretto has double underhooks.
Barretto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Barretto breaks from the clinch.
Yamada is looking to land body kicks.
Barretto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yamada will feel that in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barretto doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamada circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barretto is looking to clinch.
Barretto is looking to wear down Yamada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.
Yamada checks a leg kick nicely.
Barretto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barretto thuds his shin into the meat of Yamada's side.
Barretto thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamada keeps the fight on the outside.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada connects with a crisp jab.
Barretto connects with a looping right hand.
Barretto tries to close the distance and clinch but Yamada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto tries to clinch but Yamada moves out of range.
Barretto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada cracks Barretto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barretto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
Barretto throws out a leg kick but Yamada moves out of range and Barretto only half commits.
Yamada looks to land a left hand but Barretto moved out of range nicely.
Yamada is looking to clinch but Barretto is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Yamada.
Yamada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barretto slips under a jab.
Barretto is looking to clinch but Yamada is avoiding it.
Yamada takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barretto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamada takes one to the chin there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barretto!
Barretto with a jab.
Barretto scoring well with a low kick there.
Yamada moves out of range as Barretto throws a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Barretto.
Barretto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Barretto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Barretto clinches up against the cage.
Barretto can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Barretto.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Yamada avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

That kick from Barretto tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamada misses the jab.
Barretto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barretto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yamada is looking to land body kicks.
Barretto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barretto swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamada.
Barretto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Barretto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barretto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamada.
Yamada is looking to land body kicks.
Yamada takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barretto wants to clinch.
A good leg kick by Barretto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada moves out of range of the strikes.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Barretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamada feints and then cracks Barretto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barretto down.
Barretto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamada looks to land a body kick but Barretto moved away.
Barretto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Barretto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A solid body kick from Barretto.
Barretto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barretto goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the body from Yamada misses
and Barretto counters with a thumping low kick.
Yamada moves out of range of the body kick.
Yamada has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barretto.
Nice body kick from Barretto.
Barretto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barretto moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Barretto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada ducks right into an uppercut from Barretto.
Yamada misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Barretto does no damage.
Barretto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yamada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barretto slips a jab and a cross from Yamada.
Yamada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barretto.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Barretto.
Yamada throws a push kick but Barretto slaps the foot to one side.
Nice body kick from Barretto.
Barretto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barretto thumps Yamada with a low kick.
Barretto tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barretto misses with a body shot.
Barretto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barretto throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Yamada to counter with a crisp jab.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barretto.
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Barretto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada misses with a low kick.
Barretto tests Yamada's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Roque Barretto is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Barretto misses.
Yamada throws a wild body kick that Barretto sees coming a mile off.
Barretto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamada can do to turn this around?
Yamada lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yamada throws the left hand but Barretto avoids the punch easily.
Barretto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamada.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barretto closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yamada scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Barretto scores with a head kick.
Yamada scores with a spinning back kick!
Barretto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barretto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barretto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barretto.
Yamada goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barretto lands a nice shot that snaps Yamada's head back.

Yamada gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barretto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yamada misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamada throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada wants to break free but Barretto has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yamada is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Barretto looking to stall.
Barretto prevents Yamada from breaking the clinch.
Yamada avoids the elbow strike from Barretto, against the cage.
Barretto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamada lands a shot to the body.
Barretto misses with a punch to the body.

Barretto breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barretto. Yamada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamada tries to clinch up.
Yamada tries to clinch but Barretto moves out of range.
Yamada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barretto.
Yamada misses with a kick to the body
and Barretto counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Barretto moves out of range of the body kick from Yamada.
Yamada looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barretto.
Barretto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yamada.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada is looking to clinch but Barretto is avoiding it.
Yamada pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamada thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barretto finds it's way round the side to connect with Yamada's head.
Barretto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamada connects with a looping right hand.
Barretto punishes Yamada's body with a nice straight punch.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barretto connects with a crisp jab.
Yamada fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada looks to land a body kick but Barretto moved away.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barretto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamada.
Yamada connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barretto momentarily.
Yamada with a hook.

Barretto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yamada lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Yamada blocks the elbow strike.
Yamada lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Barretto controls the action.
Barretto misses with the head strike.
Barretto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Barretto.
Barretto blocking some punches.
Barretto lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada blocks an uppercut.
Yamada blocks a body shot from Barretto.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Barretto.
Nice body punch from Barretto - that landed with a thud.
Barretto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barretto cracks Yamada with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barretto.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamada dodges an elbow strike from Barretto.
Barretto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Yamada.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamada's elbow.
Barretto lands an uppercut.
Barretto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barretto misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto had his way with Kane Yamada in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Yamada lands with a kick to the ribs.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Barretto slips a straight right by Yamada.
Yamada takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yamada misses with a hook.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barretto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamada takes a swing at Barretto's ribcage but misses.
Yamada scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big right from Barretto misses.
Barretto scores with a nice head shot.
Yamada takes a swing at Barretto's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by Yamada.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barretto tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
Yamada working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Barretto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barretto tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Yamada misses.
Barretto tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barretto manages to avoid it.
Barretto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barretto.
Yamada misses with a few strikes there.
Yamada is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Yamada connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yamada lands a nice shot that snaps Barretto's head back.
Kane Yamada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barretto.
Yamada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barretto. Barretto obviously looking to wear him down.
Barretto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamada throws a leg kick but Barretto checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamada loads up on a big right hand but Barretto slips the punch.
Barretto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
Barretto scores with a head kick.
Barretto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yamada misses with a hook
and Barretto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barretto moves out of range as Yamada throws a body kick.
Barretto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a hook but Barretto blocks it.
Yamada swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barretto counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamada on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Barretto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yamada at a distance.
Barretto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barretto misses with a head kick.
Roque Barretto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barretto scores with a leg kick.
Barretto moves out of range of the strikes.
Yamada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yamada looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barretto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Barretto throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Barretto works Yamada's body with a nice hook.
Barretto avoids a kick to the body.
Yamada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barretto can pounce on him.
Barretto moves out of range as Yamada strikes.
Yamada tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barretto connects with a leg kick. Yamada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barretto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barretto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That kick from Barretto tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roque Barretto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barretto 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roque Barretto!
Roque Barretto is the new welterweight champion!
Roque Barretto made sure to mention his sponsor, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $55 in his post fight interview.