PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuki Yasuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuki Yasuda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brigante
vs
Yasuda

182 cm
32
184 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

178 cm
26
180 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kazuki Yasuda!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yasuda misses with a double jab.
A big right from Yasuda misses.
Yasuda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yasuda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brigante has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brigante throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Yasuda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yasuda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yasuda gets through Brigante's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yasuda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brigante is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yasuda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yasuda swings wildly with an uppercut but Brigante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brigante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brigante misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yasuda.
Brigante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brigante misses with the head strike.
Brigante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasuda digs a right hand into Brigante's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brigante's gas tank.
Yasuda lands a nice shot to the body.
Yasuda struggles to land a body shot inside as Brigante controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yasuda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brigantes head.
Brigante is looking to break free of the clinch but Yasuda has double underhooks.
Brigante lands a right hand.
Brigante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yasuda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brigante wants to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Brigante.
Brigante using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yasuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yasuda blocks an uppercut.
Yasuda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brigante blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brigante trying to stall but Yasuda improves his position.
Brigante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brigante swings wildly with an uppercut but Yasuda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yasuda as Brigante tries to tie him up.
Yasuda leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brigante looking to throw knees to the head but Yasuda is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yasuda.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasuda can't find room to land a body shot as Brigante controls the action.
Brigante throws a head punch that misses.
Yasuda prevents Brigante from breaking the clinch.
Yasuda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brigante is defending well for now.
Yasuda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Brigante scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yasuda.
Yasuda tries a body shot but Brigante blocks it.
Yasuda is trying to stall.
Yasuda is pushing Brigante up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, Yasuda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brigante tries a knee to the head but Yasuda blocks it.
Yasuda connects with a knee to the head.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Yasuda controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yasuda as Brigante tries to tie him up.
Maybe Brigante would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yasuda.
Yasuda trying to stall but Brigante improves his position.
Yasuda lands with a short shot to the head.
Brigante scores with a shoulder strike.
Yasuda scores with a shot to the side of Brigante's head.
Yasuda has a couple of punches blocked by Brigante.
Yasuda is trying to maintain a safe position but Brigante gets an underhook and turns Yasuda into the cage.
Brigante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yasuda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brigante.
Brigante is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yasuda missing with knees to the body.
Yasuda tries a body shot but Brigante blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Yasuda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brigante struggles to land a body shot inside as Yasuda controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante being controlled against the cage.
Yasuda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yasuda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A hook to the body from Yasuda.
Brigante is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yasuda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yasuda working aggressively here.
Yasuda lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yasuda lands an uppercut.
Brigante throws a punch but it's blocked by Yasuda.
Yasuda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yasuda.
Brigante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yasuda's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yasuda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brigante blocks it with crossed arms.
Yasuda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Yasuda.
Brigante tries to work over Yasuda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuki Yasuda dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brigante walks into a straight right hand from Yasuda.
Yasuda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Yasuda misses.
Brigante pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yasuda lands a head kick. Brigante smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yasuda throws a nice looking combination but Brigante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yasuda scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brigante in his tracks.
Brigante throws a push kick but Yasuda slaps the foot to one side.
Yasuda's corner calls for a 1-2. Yasuda obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Brigante is rocked!
Yasuda moves in looking to clinch but Brigante pushes him off.
Brigante avoids the head kick by Yasuda.
Brigante tries a low kick but Yasuda avoids it.
Brigante misses with a hook.
Yasuda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brigante on the side of the head.
Oh Brigante is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Brigante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yasuda lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Brigante - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Yasuda!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kazuki Yasuda!
Kazuki Yasuda thanked the fans post fight for their support.