PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto comes to the ring accompanied by Ambitionz az a ridah. Oliveira has chosen Don Omar - Danza Kuduro as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Yamamoto
vs
Oliveira

189 cm
26
200 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
196 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Yamamoto moved out of range.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the head.
Yamamoto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yamamoto checks a leg kick.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Oliveira misses
and Yamamoto counters with a low kick, right behind Oliveira 's knee.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yamamoto.
Oliveira connects with a crisp jab.
Oliveira slips under a jab from Yamamoto.
Oliveira thuds a left hand into Yamamoto's body.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Oliveira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oliveira connects with a body shot.
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!
The fighters circling - Yamamoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That kick from Oliveira tenderised Yamamoto's leg. Yamamoto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamamoto throws a hook but Oliveira blocks it.
Yamamoto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a leg kick that knocks Yamamoto off balance momentarily.
Oliveira misses with a low kick.
Oliveira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oliveira misses with a double jab.
Oliveira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oliveira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamamoto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yamamoto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice shot by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto checks a leg kick.
Oliveira throws a head kick but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira misses with a leg kick.
Yamamoto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamamoto.
Oliveira jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oliveira throws an off balance right hand
and Yamamoto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Oliveira throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yamamoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yamamoto throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Jab by Oliveira.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamamoto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oliveira misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Oliveira looks gassed!
Oliveira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yamamoto throws a front kick aimed at Oliveira's knee but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira avoids a kick to the body.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Yamamoto takes the fight into the clinch.

Yamamoto breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamamoto. Oliveira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Oliveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Danga de danga de dang - Oliveira scores with a four punch combination!
Yamamoto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yamamoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Yamamoto checks a leg kick.
Oliveira throws a big shot that misses.
Yamamoto connects with a single shot there.
Yamamoto swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Oliveira's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Jab, jab by Yamamoto - just one landing.
Oliveira swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto lands with a nice body kick.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Oliveira misses the jab.
Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamamoto looks for the body kick but Oliveira saw that one coming.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamamoto.
Oliveira shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Yamamoto moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A low kick from Oliveira is predictable there
and Yamamoto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oliveira misses with a hook. Yamamoto ducked under it nicely.
Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamamoto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Go Yamamoto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yamamoto misses the shot to the body.
Yamamoto ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
A big right from Oliveira misses.
Yamamoto throws a low kick but it's checked well by Oliveira.
Yamamoto checks a low kick from Oliveira.
Yamamoto misses the jab.
Yamamoto defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Yamamoto slips a jab from Oliveira.
Yamamoto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A low kick from Oliveira misses

and Yamamoto moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Yamamoto.
A short right from Yamamoto on the inside.
Yamamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Yamamoto shrugs off.

It looks like Go Yamamoto has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Yamamoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamamoto's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Yamamoto.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yamamoto is trying to maintain a safe position but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns Yamamoto into the ropes.
Yamamoto misses with some punches.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira tries to throw a body punch but Yamamoto avoids it by throwing Oliveira back against the ropes.
Yamamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yamamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oliveira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamamoto is defending well for now.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the ropes.
Yamamoto blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Yamamoto can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
Oliveira stalls.
Yamamoto taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto blocks the elbow strike.
Oliveira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yamamoto tries to throw a body punch but Oliveira avoids it by throwing Yamamoto back against the ropes.
Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.
Oliveira is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Yamamoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the ropes.
Oliveira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Yamamoto in his tracks for a moment.
Yamamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yamamoto blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira taking a breather.
Yamamoto digs a right hand underneath Oliveira's ribcage. Oliveira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Yamamoto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamoto dodges an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Yamamoto tries a body shot but Oliveira blocks it.
Yamamoto lands a right hand.
Yamamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliveira.

Go Yamamoto's cut is getting worse.
Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Yamamoto in his tracks for a moment.
Yamamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamamoto avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Go Yamamoto's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Oliveira misses the jab.
Yamamoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oliveira can pounce on him.
Yamamoto is looking to wear down Oliveira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Yamamoto throws the kick towards the body but Oliveira avoids it.
Yamamoto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oliveira throws the left hand but Yamamoto avoids the punch easily.
Oliveira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto cracks the inside of Oliveira's front leg.
Go Yamamoto is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch lands to the side of Oliveira 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slow jab from Oliveira misses its intended target.
Yamamoto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a leg kick but Yamamoto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oliveira connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Yamamoto.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira lands with an overhand left.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamamoto.
Yamamoto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab lands there for Yamamoto.
Oliveira moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira scores with a punch to the head.
Yamamoto cracks Oliveira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oliveira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamamoto scores with a leg kick.
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!
Oliveira takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A lazy left from Yamamoto finds it's target.

Oliveira is rocked!
Oliveira throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamamoto makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Oliveira really felt that one!
Yamamoto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Oliveira walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yamamoto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto cracks Oliveira with an open hand slap.
Oliveira is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamamoto finish him?
Yamamoto pushes Oliveira away with a front kick.
Yamamoto circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Oliveira tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Yamamoto wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Go Yamamoto!
Post fight, Go Yamamoto stared into the camera and said 'Jake Youngs revenge!'.