PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blue Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yves Jabouin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabouin has chosen Trobule On My Mind- Pusha T and Tyler The Creator as his entrance music. Yves Jabouin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Blue Steel's chin.

Steel
vs
Jabouin

178 cm
26
135 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

175 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ONI ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blue Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yves Jabouin!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice sprawl there from Jabouin as Steel shoots in.
Steel misses with a takedown attempt - Jabouin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Steel tries to clinch there but Jabouin circles away.
Jabouin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jabouin misses with a hook. Steel ducked under it nicely.
Jabouin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jabouin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabouin.
Jabouin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Steel moves forwards but Jabouin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Steel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jabouin - the referee stops the clock and Steel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jabouin. Steel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabouin throws a sloppy head kick and Steel moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jabouin.
The crowd cheers as Jabouin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steel doesn't seem phased though.
Jabouin throws a shot to the body.
Jabouin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jabouin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabouin.
Steel dives in and grabs Jabouin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jabouin pushes down on Steel's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blue Steel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steel wants to clinch.
Steel fails with the takedown
and Jabouin counters with a head kick.

Steel is rocked!
Nice straight punches there by Jabouin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jabouin.
Oh Steel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
BOOM! Jabouin lands a beautiful left hook that drops Steel. Steel tries to recover but Jabouin is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Steel lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yves Jabouin!
Yves Jabouin 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.