PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuken Yanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

King
vs
Yanagi

190 cm
29
169 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
29
165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryan King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryuken Yanagi!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanagi avoids the body shot from King.
Yanagi tries to score a power double leg takedown but King sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yanagi somewhat.
King lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Ryuken Yanagi has been cut.
A leg kick checked by Yanagi.
Yanagi slips a jab and a cross from King.
King misses with a two punch combination.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Yanagi. Yanagi gets slowly back to his feet.
Yanagi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ryan King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuken Yanagi.
Yanagi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and King counters with a good, hard body kick but Yanagi shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryuken Yanagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yanagi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yanagi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yanagi lands some shots froms side control.
Yanagi working the ground and pound but King is defending the strikes.
Yanagi working away.
Yanagi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear King down.
Yanagi is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi working the head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King is looking to regain half guard here but Yanagi keeps moving and retains side control.
Yanagi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yanagi prevents King from escaping the position.
King struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yanagi in side control lands a decent elbow.
King is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King struggling a bit here.
Yanagi is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yanagi working the head with strikes.
Yanagi cracks King with a big right hand but King just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
King is trying to control Yanagi's posture but Yanagi avoids it.
Yanagi tries to score with some ground and pound. King controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yanagi working the head and body with strikes.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yanagi lands a nice forearm strike.

King is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yanagi lands some shots froms side control.
Oh King is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Yanagi easily slips into full mount!
Yanagi lands a big elbow - King is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and King is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ryuken Yanagi!