PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dickson Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamada comes to the cage accompanied by Despised Icon MVP. Dickson Yamada could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sean Smith's chin.

Yamada
vs
Smith

185 cm
25
170 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

182 cm
26
185 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dickson Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith moves out of range as Yamada strikes.
Smith moves out of range as Yamada throws a body kick.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamada.
Dickson Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.

Yamada darts in and clinches Smith up against the cage.
Yamada is stalling here.
Yamada has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.

Smith has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Yamada clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Yamada is in bad spot here.
Smith landing with strikes.
Smith scores with strikes from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith is landing with strikes. Yamada can't take much more of this.
Yamada tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smith lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Yamada is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.

Yamada is rocked!
Yamada is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Oh Yamada is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamada's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Yamada seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith lands a big elbow - Yamada is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Yamada is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sean Smith!
Sean Smith decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.