PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koyomuki Yashigawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Lost In Space. Will Robinson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Robinson
vs
Yashigawa

183 cm
20
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
28
161 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Koyomuki Yashigawa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson lands a nice looking body shot.
Yashigawa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Robinson but Robinson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jab, jab by Robinson - just one landing.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Yashigawa circles away.

Yashigawa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Yashigawa showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Yashigawa trying to control the action but Robinson is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Robinson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Robinson scoring with strikes but Yashigawa is staying in there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yashigawa can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yashigawa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Robinson.
Yashigawa is squirming around, avoiding Robinson's attempts to control the action.
Yashigawa is in a horrible position here. Robinson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yashigawa is in a horrible position here. Robinson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Yashigawa is rocked!
Robinson lands a big shot to the head and Yashigawa winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Will Robinson!
Will Robinson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.