PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Inyo Mahmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zagan Yehudiah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mahmi comes into the arena with Burning Season blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Zagan Yehudiah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mahmi
vs
Yehudiah

180 cm
26
179 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

181 cm
26
165 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Inyo Mahmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Zagan Yehudiah!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yehudiah connects with an inside leg kick.
Mahmi swings for the body but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Yehudiah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yehudiah cracks Mahmi with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Inyo Mahmi has been cut.
Mahmi is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Mahmi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mahmi.
Yehudiah throws the kick towards the body but Mahmi avoids it.
Mahmi looks to land a right hand but Yehudiah moved out of range.
Yehudiah wants to land a leg kick but Mahmi is out of range.
Mahmi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mahmi misses with a leg kick
and Yehudiah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah throws a body kick that misses.
That kick from Yehudiah tenderised Mahmi's leg. Mahmi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yehudiah misses with a body kick.
Mahmi misses with a lunging right hand
and Yehudiah counters with a nice body kick.
Yehudiah cracks the inside of Mahmi's front leg.
Yehudiah throws a front kick that sends Mahmi stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters circling a little - Yehudiah finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yehudiah wants to clinch up but Mahmi keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Mahmi misses its intended target.
Yehudiah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mahmi misses with a looping left.
Mahmi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yehudiah lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mahmi will feel that in the morning.

Yehudiah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mahmi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah stalling against the cage.

Yehudiah breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yehudiah, right into the meat.
Yehudiah looks for the body kick but Mahmi saw that one coming.
Mahmi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zagan Yehudiah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mahmi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yehudiah turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Yehudiah takes the fight into the clinch.
Yehudiah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mahmi's defenses.
Yehudiah lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Yehudiah is looking to slow Mahmi down with leg kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yehudiah, right into the meat.
Mahmi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yehudiah slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yehudiah tries to clinch there but Mahmi circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yehudiah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mahmi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zagan Yehudiah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Inyo Mahmi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mahmi misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Mahmi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yehudiah tries to score with a low kick but Mahmi moves his leg out of the way.
Yehudiah is looking to clinch.
Mahmi's corner calls for a 1-2. Mahmi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zagan Yehudiah seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Yehudiah moves into the clinch successfully.

Yehudiah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch lands to the side of Yehudiah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yehudiah throws a push kick but Mahmi slaps the foot to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahmi. Yehudiah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yehudiah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahmi misses the jab.
Yehudiah lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yehudiah scores with a spinning back kick!
Mahmi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yehudiah looks to land a body kick but Mahmi moved away.

Yehudiah clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yehudiah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mahmi throws an off balance right hand
and Yehudiah counters with a leg kick.
Yehudiah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mahmi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yehudiah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yehudiah scores with a kick to the body.

Yehudiah rushes Mahmi and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yehudiah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mahmi's defenses.
Yehudiah lands an elbow just above Mahmi 's eye.

Inyo Mahmi's cut is getting worse.
Mahmi takes an elbow to the temple.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah lands an elbow just above Mahmi 's eye.
Nice elbow from Yehudiah.

Inyo Mahmi's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Yehudiah breaks the clinch.
Yehudiah moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yehudiah throws the kick towards the body but Mahmi avoids it.
Yehudiah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mahmi.

Yehudiah rushes Mahmi and presses him up against the cage.

Yehudiah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Yehudiah there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mahmi avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah throws a sloppy head kick and Mahmi moves out of range easily.
Yehudiah slips a straight right by Mahmi.
Yehudiah is looking to clinch.
Inyo Mahmi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yehudiah lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahmi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Yehudiah misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mahmi swats away the attempt to clinch by Yehudiah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zagan Yehudiah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Inyo Mahmi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mahmi throws a hook but Yehudiah avoids it easily.

Yehudiah clinches.

Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Mahmi tests Yehudiah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mahmi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yehudiah moves away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yehudiah. Mahmi shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yehudiah misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah lands with a nice combination. Mahmi backs away looking to recover.
Mahmi dodges the punch combination from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahmi.
Yehudiah misses with a body kick.
Yehudiah throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmi throws a poor cross that misses

and Yehudiah counters by moving into the clinch.
Yehudiah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mahmi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Yehudiah lands a damaging elbow.

Yehudiah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yehudiah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mahmi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Yehudiah.

Yehudiah instigates a clinch.
Yehudiah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yehudiah lands an elbow that stopped Mahmi in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmi tries to work over Yehudiah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yehudiah pushes off an throws an elbow but Mahmi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zagan Yehudiah is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yehudiah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
Yehudiah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yehudiah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mahmi's defenses.

Jeez, Inyo Mahmi's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mahmi working aggressively here.

Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Mahmi swings for the body but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Yehudiah tests Mahmi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yehudiah ducks under a wild hook from Mahmi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Yehudiah.
Mahmi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yehudiah slips a jab from Mahmi.
Inyo Mahmi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mahmi ducks right into an uppercut from Yehudiah.
Mahmi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yehudiah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mahmi's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yehudiah throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mahmi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zagan Yehudiah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yehudiah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zagan Yehudiah!
Our winner, Zagan Yehudiah, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.