PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rand al Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto comes to the cage accompanied by Ambitionz az a ridah. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yamamoto
vs
al Thor

189 cm
28
210 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

194 cm
26
224 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rand al Thor!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto misses with a kick to the body
and al Thor counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Go Yamamoto has been cut.
Yamamoto connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Rand al Thor has been cut.
al Thor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters circling a little - Yamamoto finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
al Thor wants to land a leg kick but Yamamoto is out of range.
A head kick misses from al Thor.
al Thor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamamoto was well out of range. Poor timing from al Thor.
al Thor tries to clinch up but Yamamoto circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
al Thor tries to work over Yamamoto's front leg with a kick but Yamamoto checks it.
Yamamoto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
al Thor tries to land a front kick but Yamamoto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yamamoto scores with a push kick.
Yamamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.
al Thor throws a leg kick but Yamamoto moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yamamoto's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yamamoto duly obliges.
A head kick misses from al Thor.
Jab, jab by Yamamoto - just one landing.
Yamamoto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on al Thor. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Thor misses the shot to the body.
Good work by Yamamoto as he checks the leg kick.
al Thor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
al Thor is looking to clinch.
Yamamoto moves out of range of the body kick.
Yamamoto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
al Thor misses the jab.
al Thor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamamoto sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Thor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rand al Thor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Thor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but al Thor circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamamoto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by al Thor.
al Thor lands with a cross.
A shot to the liver by Yamamoto. Beautiful body shot.
al Thor looks gassed!
al Thor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamamoto.
al Thor scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yamamoto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto delivers a nice body kick.

Yamamoto lands a left and a right that send al Thor crashing to the mat, dazed. Yamamoto thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

al Thor is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
al Thor is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamamoto finish him?
al Thor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamamoto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamamoto.
al Thor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is looking to wear down al Thor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamamoto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto lands a nice looking body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and al Thor falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Go Yamamoto!
Go Yamamoto managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conviction, into his post fight interview.