PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Gartner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Gartner
vs
Yoshida

175 cm
22
184 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

175 cm
23
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sydney Gartner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gartner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gartner avoids the attempt from Yoshida to control.
Gartner wants to control the pace but Yoshida is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yoshida is looking to get to half guard.
Gartner tries to control but Yoshida wriggling away.
Gartner throws some wild stikes that Yoshida manages to avoid easily.
Gartner misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gartner looking to ground and pound but Yoshida is blocking nicely.
Yoshida is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Yoshida sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Yoshida slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gartner trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoshida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gartner landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gartner looking to pass the guard.
Gartner throwing strikes from guard but Yoshida blocks nicely.
Yoshida pulls Gartner in to control the position.
Gartner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yoshida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gartner looking to sit in guard and control but Yoshida gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gartner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yoshida sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yoshida trying to control the position from guard on top but Gartner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yoshida engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida distracts Gartner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yoshida trying to control but Gartner is working from the bottom.
Gartner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gartner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gartner on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gartner tries to get out of the position.
Yoshida is working Gartner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gartner looking for a sweep. Not yet Gartner, not yet.
Yoshida controlling from the top position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gartner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Yoshida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gartner is looking to improve his position.
Gartner trying to control here.
Gartner is trying to control but Yoshida manages to pass to mount!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gartner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yoshida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gartner can't escape the position.
Yoshida lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida controlling the pace for now.
Yoshida lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yoshida breaks from Gartner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gartner bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gartner trying to control but Yoshida is working from the bottom.
Yoshida wants to sweep but no luck.
Gartner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gartner with a nice head shot there.
Gartner has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gartner throws an elbow that misses. Yoshida uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gartner's guard. Nice move by Yoshida!
Yoshida trying to control but Gartner is working from the bottom.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gartner's head.
Gartner 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.
Yoshida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yoshida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yoshida postures up in Gartner's guard and throws a big left but Gartner blocks it.
Yoshida trying to control but Gartner is working from the bottom.
Gartner can't keep his opponent in guard - Yoshida advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gartner is concentrating on defense, preventing Yoshida from advancing position.
Gartner is staying active underneath Yoshida, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yoshida working over Gartner with some ground and pound. Gartner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gartner tries to roll over but Yoshida keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoshida controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Yoshida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Yoshida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gartner.
A jab from Gartner misses.
Yoshida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gartner's waist but Gartner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yoshida off to one side.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gartner misses with a looping left.
Gartner misses with a hook.
Gartner looks for a takedown but Yoshida sprawls well.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gartner.
Gartner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yoshida sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gartner is fending him off so far but Yoshida persists. Nope, Gartner circles away and we're back to standing.
A swing and a miss from Gartner.
Gartner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sydney Gartner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yoshida fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yoshida punishes Gartner's body with a nice straight punch.
Yoshida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gartner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gartner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yoshida just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yoshida is defended easily by Gartner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Gartner. Beautiful body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gartner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
Yoshida throws a series of punches but Gartner moves out of range.
Gartner misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gartner fails with a takedown attempt.
Yoshida with a poor takedown

and Gartner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yoshida's guard now.
Yoshida lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gartner!
Gartner is trying desperately to improve position.
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the head.
Yoshida putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshida with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gartner is squirming around, avoiding Yoshida's attempts to control the action.
Yoshida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yoshida tries to control but Gartner wriggling away.
Yoshida with good strikes from the mount here!
Gartner is trying to escape the mount.
Yoshida dominating with strikes here.
Yoshida with good strikes from the mount here!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida working Gartner over with strikes here.
Yoshida lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gartner hang on?
Gartner taking shots to the head.

Gartner is rocked!
Yoshida with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Gartner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yoshida connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Yoshida can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gartner is looking to escape.
Yoshida connects with a bit shot that sees Gartner covering up! More strikes from Yoshida and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Yoshida is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Yoshida!