PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Calamote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zari Yasuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calamote comes into the arena with Rain Over Me blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Yasuda's choice of entrance music: This is primetime : Fight of the year candidate. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Calamote
vs
Yasuda

171 cm
24
156 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
32
145 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paulo Calamote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zari Yasuda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calamote wants to clinch
and Yasuda counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yasuda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yasuda takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Calamote throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yasuda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yasuda is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Calamote on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Calamote misses with a wild combination.
Zari Yasuda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yasuda avoids the body shot from Calamote.
Yasuda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calamote.
Calamote fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yasuda manages to avoid it.
Calamote looks to land a left hand but Yasuda moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calamote tries a head kick but it misses.
Yasuda fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Calamote is out of range.
Calamote throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yasuda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yasuda slips a jab from Calamote.
Yasuda lets loose with a powerful body kick. Calamote will feel that in the morning.
Calamote goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yasuda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice body punch from Calamote.
Good work by Yasuda as he checks the leg kick.
Yasuda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yasuda moves out of range of the leg kick from Calamote.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calamote keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yasuda.
Calamote ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yasuda avoids the head kick by Calamote.

Yasuda instigates a clinch.
Calamote blocks a body shot from Yasuda.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Calamote.
Yasuda blocking some punches.
A short left from Calamote.
Yasuda tries a body shot but Calamote blocks it.
Yasuda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Calamote's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yasuda.
Yasuda tries to throw a body punch but Calamote avoids it by throwing Yasuda back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yasuda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yasuda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Calamote.
Yasuda throws a punch but it's blocked by Calamote.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calamote has a couple of punches blocked by Yasuda.
Calamote is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Calamote creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yasuda lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yasuda lands a hook that snaps the head of Calamote backwards.
Yasuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Calamote.
Calamote wants a takedown but no success here.
Calamote blocks an uppercut.
Calamote has Yasuda pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yasuda manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Calamote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yasuda lands with a right to the head.
Calamote misses with an elbow strike.
Calamote lands a hook that snaps the head of Yasuda backwards.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Calamote has a couple of punches blocked by Yasuda.
Yasuda tries to work over Calamote's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yasuda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Calamote has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Yasuda is trying to keep an underhook but Calamote manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Calamote is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calamote thows a huge punch but Yasuda dodges it nicely.
Calamote lands strikes from half guard.
Calamote looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Calamote thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yasuda's head.
Yasuda avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Calamote.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calamote is looking to take a break and control but Yasuda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Calamote throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Calamote working Yasuda over with strikes.
Yasuda is looking to improve his position.
Calamote throwing shots but Yasuda is blocking nicely.
Calamote wants to control but Yasuda is keeping him busy.
Yasuda really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Calamote. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Calamote takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Calamote looks to land a strike but Yasuda avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Yasuda working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Calamote.
Yasuda keeping moving, preventing Calamote from controlling successfully.
Calamote throwing strikes from guard but Yasuda blocks nicely.
Calamote trying to control but Yasuda is working from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Calamote throwing strikes from guard but Yasuda blocks nicely.
Calamote looking to pass the guard.
Calamote keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yasuda's head.
Calamote wants to control from the top but Yasuda keeps moving.
Calamote pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yasuda is keeping the position for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yasuda keeping moving, preventing Calamote from controlling successfully.
Calamote has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yasuda wants to get back to his feet but Calamote is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Calamote tries to free his leg and advance position but Yasuda is retaining full guard.
Calamote forces his way into half guard.
Calamote trying to pass the guard but Yasuda defending well.
Calamote thows a huge punch but Yasuda dodges it nicely.
Calamote is looking to take a break and control but Yasuda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Calamote has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Yasuda defend it? Calamote steps over the head and cranks it - Yasuda is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Calamote!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paulo Calamote!
During a confident post fight interview, Paulo Calamote thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.