PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cejudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Cejudo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Cejudo
vs
Yamamoto

165 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Cejudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stu Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cejudo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yamamoto looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Yamamoto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cejudo's head.
Yamamoto doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Cejudo counters with a single leg into guard. Yamamoto didn't expect that.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cejudo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cejudo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cejudo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cejudo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cejudo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cejudo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Cejudo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Yamamoto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cejudo controlling his opponent.
Cejudo cracks Yamamoto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cejudo controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is bucking up trying to escape but Cejudo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cejudo with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cejudo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cejudo controlling the pace for now.
Yamamoto taking shots to the head.
Cejudo controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cejudo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yamamoto for as long as he can get away with.

Cejudo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Cejudo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cejudo lands a big shot there that rocks Yamamoto but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Cejudo connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Cejudo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cejudo raining down shots from the mount!

Yamamoto is rocked!
Cejudo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yamamoto is still in real trouble! Can Cejudo finish him?
Yamamoto seems to have recovered his senses.
Cejudo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cejudo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cejudo postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Yamamoto in real trouble here! The ref calls for Yamamoto to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Cejudo!