PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto has chosen Ambitionz az a ridah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Go Yamamoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Yamamoto

196 cm
29
211 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

189 cm
28
210 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Go Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Yamamoto moves out of range easily.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Yamamoto lands a body shot.
Yamamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamamoto circles away.
Yamamoto takes one to the side of the head.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamamoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Yamamoto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yamamoto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sam Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamamoto manages to avoid it.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Yamamoto.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamamoto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yamamoto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamamoto counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson works the jab nicely.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Yamamoto clinches with his opponent.
Yamamoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Yamamoto blocks it.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands with a right to the head.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yamamoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Yamamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamamoto's brow.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Yamamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Yamamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Good body shot from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson wants to stall.
Yamamoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson stalling in the clinch.
Yamamoto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Anderson into the cage.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yamamoto scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Yamamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson is struggling to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamamoto avoids it.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson wants to stall.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson tries to work over Yamamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Go Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yamamoto throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Go Yamamoto has been cut.
Yamamoto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamamoto circles away.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anderson misses with a hook. Yamamoto ducked under it nicely.
Anderson looks to land a body kick but Yamamoto moved away.
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Yamamoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto lands with a shot to the body.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamamoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but Yamamoto avoids it.
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Yamamoto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamamoto. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamamoto cracks Anderson with a good jab.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Yamamoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Yamamoto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamamoto lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Anderson crumples to the floor! Yamamoto milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Go Yamamoto!
An out of breath and clearly excited Go Yamamoto thanked Conviction for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).