PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Yamazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamazawa's entrance music is Avicii - Silhouettes. A fine choice. Lombard has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kazushi Yamazawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yamazawa
vs
Lombard

191 cm
19
184 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

176 cm
27
195 lbs
11 - 12 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kazushi Yamazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombard connects with a body shot that sends Yamazawa's belly button to the back.
Lombard cracks a nice hook into Yamazawa's ribs.
Yamazawa misses with a takedown
and Lombard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yamazawa is breathing heavily.
Yamazawa shoots and misses
and Lombard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice combination there by Lombard.

It looks like Kazushi Yamazawa has been cut.
Lombard lands a jab to the head.
Lombard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lombard lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard lands a body shot.
Lombard stuns Yamazawa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamazawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamazawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Lombard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Lombard catches Yamazawa napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Yamazawa to the canvas!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lombard controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Lombard gets to his feet - Yamazawa follows without any prompting.
Lombard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lombard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yamazawa at a distance.
Yamazawa walks into a straight right hand from Lombard.

Kazushi Yamazawa's cut is getting worse.
Yamazawa is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Lombard doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Yamazawa crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Yamazawa's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hector Lombard!
During a confident post fight interview, Hector Lombard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.