PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuki Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Stahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Yamamoto
vs
Stahl

188 cm
27
206 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
28
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuki Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruno Stahl!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Stahl keeps it at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Stahl blocks the leg kick.

Yamamoto forces Stahl back against the cage and clinches.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stahl lands a left hand.
Stahl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stahl drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yamamoto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Yamamoto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stahl thows a body shot but no joy.
Stahl checks the leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stahl lands with a cross.
Stahl misses the jab.
Yamamoto tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stahl sizes up Yamamoto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yamamoto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yamamoto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamamoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stahl scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stahl lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stahl jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stahl misses with an uppercut. Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Yamamoto blocks a jab.

Yamamoto moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Stahl avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stahl.
Stahl misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yamamoto.
Stahl has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stahl is defending well for now.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stahl.
Stahl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Yamamoto has Stahl pressed against the cage, preventing Stahl from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stahl pushes Yamamoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Stahl looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stahl misses with the head strike.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Stahl throws a head punch that misses.
Stahl is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamamoto gets an underhook and turns Stahl into the cage.
Stahl can't break the clinch.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stahl tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stahl avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Stahl is looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yamamoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stahl tries to break free but Yamamoto pushes him back against the cage.
Yamamoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Stahl is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yamamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Stahl won't want to take too many of those.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Stahl won't want to take too many of those.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stahl takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yamamoto working Stahl over with knees to the body.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Stahl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stahl is defending well for now.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yamamoto obliges.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stahl.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stahl.
Yamamoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Yamamoto keeps control of Stahl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yamamoto as Stahl tries to tie him up.
Yamamoto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stahl lands a nice uppercut.
Stahl throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Stahl working hard to break the clinch.
Stahl misses with the head strike.
Yamamoto is looking to control Stahl's arms but Stahl gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yamamoto has his back to the cage.
Yamamoto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stahl.
Yuki Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Stahl.

Stahl pulls guard effortlessly.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Yamamoto pushing down on Stahl's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Yamamoto seems to be working for a kimura but Stahl defends the submission attempt.
Stahl is not content to let Yamamoto control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuki Yamamoto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good shot there by Stahl.
Stahl ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stahl catches Yamamoto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stahl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yamamoto backs up against the cage.
Stahl checks the leg kick.
Yamamoto misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Stahl finds it's way through Yamamoto's defenses.
Stahl connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamamoto's hands.
Yamamoto throws a leg kick which misses Stahl's front leg but catches the back leg as Stahl tries to avoid it.

Yamamoto instigates a clinch.
A short right from Stahl.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stahl avoids it.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Bruno Stahl has been cut.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body.
Stahl is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yamamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Stahl won't want to take too many of those.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stahl.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Stahl misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yuki Yamamoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stahl lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Yamamoto is trying to stall.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Yamamoto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stahl is defending well for now.
Yamamoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yamamoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the head.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stahl avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl can't break the clinch.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stahl avoids it.
Stahl is trying to break free.
Yamamoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stahl's face.
Yamamoto trying to land knees to the body.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yamamoto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stahl in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Yamamoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yamamoto obliges.
Yamamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Stahl won't want to take too many of those.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Stahl avoids the damage to the body.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Stahl lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stahl creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Yamamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yamamoto working Stahl over with knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Stahl avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Stahl takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Stahl managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Stahl wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stahl tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamamoto smiles and moves away.
Yamamoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stahl misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stahl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Stahl throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick from Yamamoto misses.
Stahl avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamamoto.
Stahl on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice body kick from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a hook to the side of Stahl's head but Stahl sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamamoto swings for the body but Stahl moves out of range.
Stahl scores with a jab. Yamamoto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamamoto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stahl misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamamoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bruno Stahl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Stahl keeps it at a distance.
Stahl's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yamamoto under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuki Yamamoto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Stahl's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yamamoto scores with a nice body kick.
Yamamoto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A big left from Yamamoto misses.
Yamamoto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yamamoto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stahl checks it well.
Stahl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stahl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yamamoto can pounce on him.
Yamamoto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stahl misses with a wild body shot.
Stahl stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch.
Yamamoto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stahl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Stahl keeps it at a distance.
Stahl throws a big shot that misses.
Stahl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stahl lands with a hook. Yamamoto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yamamoto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yamamoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruno Stahl is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto is looking to slow Stahl down with leg kicks.
Stahl avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stahl lands a glancing blow to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Stahl looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Yamamoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yamamoto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stahl can do to turn this around?
Yamamoto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yamamoto moves in looking to clinch but Stahl pushes him off.

Yamamoto clinches with his opponent.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stahl softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stahl lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Stahl avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries to stall but Stahl uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stahl avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Bruno Stahl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stahl has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yamamoto seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Stahl can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stahl wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Stahl's ribcage.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamamoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Stahl throws a head punch that misses.
Stahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stahl is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stahl avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Yamamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamamoto takes a shot to the head.
Yamamoto connects with a knee to the head.
Stahl tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamamoto smiles and moves away.
Stahl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stahl swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamamoto.
Stahl checks a leg kick nicely.
Stahl scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yamamoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stahl misses with an uppercut. Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Yamamoto throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yamamoto.
Stahl scores with a shot to the body.
Yamamoto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stahl scores with a jab.
Stahl swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Stahl avoids a kick to the body.
Jab by Yamamoto.
Stahl misses with a body shot.
Stahl throws out a powerful jab.
Stahl tests Yamamoto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stahl's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stahl tests Yamamoto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stahl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamamoto takes a swing at Stahl's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Stahl misses.
Yamamoto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stahl's calf.
Yamamoto throws a push kick but Stahl slaps the foot to one side.
Stahl scores with a jab. Yamamoto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stahl.
Yamamoto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stahl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stahl takes one to the side of the head.
Stahl clobbers Yamamoto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yamamoto throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yuki Yamamoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stahl stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamamoto.
Stahl rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yamamoto counters with a big head kick but Stahl shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuki Yamamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yamamoto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuki Yamamoto!
A relieved looking Yuki Yamamoto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.