PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tadamasa Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock has chosen You're Blind as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yamada
vs
Murdock

186 cm
29
195 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

183 cm
26
192 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tadamasa Yamada!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Yamada.
Murdock connects with an inside leg kick.
Murdock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yamada moves out of range of the body kick from Murdock.
Yamada wants to clinch.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murdock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamada.
Murdock lunges at Yamada with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamada's hand.
Yamada checks a low kick from Murdock.
Nice uppercut lands for Murdock. That snapped Yamada's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murdock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Murdock. That snapped Yamada's head back.

Yamada has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murdock.
Murdock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murdock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Murdock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Yamada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock tries to stall but Yamada uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yamada is leaning against Murdock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamada blocks a body shot from Murdock.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Murdock.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamada avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Yamada back against the cage.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
Yamada tries to work over Murdock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Yamada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamada avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murdock prevents a body shot from Yamada.

Murdock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murdock connects with a jab.
Murdock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murdock tries to land a leg kick but Yamada saw it coming and moves away.
Murdock scores with a kick to the midsection.
Murdock moves forwards but Yamada connects with a nice, crisp jab.

It looks like Matt Murdock has been cut.
A slow jab from Yamada misses its intended target.
Murdock cracks Yamada with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock just misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock cracks the inside of Yamada's front leg.

Yamada moves into the clinch successfully.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Murdock controls the action.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamada misses with the head strike.

Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Yamada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tadamasa Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Murdock lands a big head kick that sends Yamada tumbling to the mat! Murdock takes a step backwards and waves Yamada back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Yamada is rocked!

It looks like Tadamasa Yamada has been cut.
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!
Yamada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oh Yamada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Yamada misses.
Yamada moves out of range of the body kick from Murdock.
Murdock misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamada tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murdock fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Yamada to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Yamada looks to clinch but Murdock throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Yamada taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Murdock!
Matt Murdock is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Matt Murdock made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.