PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Exodus Starburst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuken Yanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryuken Yanagi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Starburst
vs
Yanagi

173 cm
24
164 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

175 cm
29
165 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Exodus Starburst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryuken Yanagi!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starburst misses with a hook. Yanagi ducked under it nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Starburst. No joy for Yanagi on that attempt.
Starburst jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yanagi shoots in for a takedown but Starburst shows good takedown defense.
Starburst pushes Yanagi away with a front kick.
Starburst's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yanagi under the eye.
Starburst fails with an attempt to clinch.
Starburst swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Starburst thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yanagi if he has to take too many more of those.
Starburst looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Yanagi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Starburst is trying to get back to full guard.
Yanagi thows a huge punch but Starburst dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanagi working the head and body with strikes.
Yanagi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Starburst desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Yanagi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yanagi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yanagi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starburst defending well though.
Starburst avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yanagi.
Yanagi thows a huge punch but Starburst dodges it nicely.
Yanagi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starburst defending well though.
Ground and pound from Yanagi.
Yanagi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yanagi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yanagi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Starburst's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starburst wants to get back to his feet.
Yanagi throwing shots but Starburst is blocking nicely.
Starburst avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yanagi.
Yanagi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanagi works his way into side control.
Yanagi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yanagi in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yanagi creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Starburst sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Starburst on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Starburst tries to get out of the position.
Yanagi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Yanagi working away.
Yanagi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ground and pound from Yanagi seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sloppy strikes there by Yanagi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Starburst is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Yanagi creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Starburst sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Starburst managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Yanagi.
Starburst tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yanagi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yanagi scores with punches from side control.
Yanagi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yanagi postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Starburst is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yanagi lands a nice short elbow.
Yanagi is nestled in close to Starburst, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yanagi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yanagi lands with a punch from half guard.
Yanagi throwing shots but Starburst is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starburst wants to control but Yanagi is keeping busy.
Yanagi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Starburst keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yanagi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yanagi looks to land a strike but Starburst avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Yanagi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yanagi throwing strikes from guard but Starburst blocks nicely.
Yanagi throws an elbow that misses. Starburst uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yanagi's guard. Nice move by Starburst!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yanagi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yanagi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuken Yanagi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Starburst misses with a body kick.
Yanagi misses with a takedown attempt - Starburst sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yanagi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Starburst circles away.
Starburst lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yanagi dives in and grabs Starburst's left leg, looking for a takedown. Starburst pushes down on Yanagi's head and hops out.
Exodus Starburst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuken Yanagi.
Starburst misses with a few strikes there.
Starburst lands with a kick to the ribs.
Starburst tries to land a leg kick but Yanagi saw it coming and moves away.
Starburst is looking to chop away at Yanagi's legs.

Yanagi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanagi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starburst defending well though.
Yanagi thows a huge punch but Starburst dodges it nicely.
Yanagi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starburst defending well though.
Yanagi throwing shots but Starburst is blocking nicely.
Starburst wants to get back to his feet.
Yanagi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Yanagi has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yanagi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starburst blocking the ground and pound.
Yanagi landing shots from mount.
Starburst knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yanagi on the ground.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yanagi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanagi thowing shots but they're missing.
Yanagi working the ground and pound effectively.
Yanagi throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Yanagi working Starburst over with strikes here.
The referee warns Starburst that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Starburst manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Yanagi wants to free his trapped foot but Starburst is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starburst defending well though.
Yanagi winds up and cracks Starburst with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yanagi throwing shots but Starburst is blocking nicely.
Yanagi winds up and cracks Starburst with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Starburst blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yanagi.
Starburst is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yanagi lands a nice short elbow.

Starburst is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yanagi lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Starburst is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yanagi working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yanagi lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanagi is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Starburst is hurt! He's hurt bad - Yanagi fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Starburst from any more punishment! Congratulations to Yanagi! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryuken Yanagi!