PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chang li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Yomata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chang li has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

li
vs
Yomata

175 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 13 - 0

166 cm
24
149 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 13 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chang li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenji Yomata!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
li ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
li pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yomata swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting li counter with a right hand.

Yomata moves into the clinch.
li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yomata gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from li.

Yomata has picked li up - he's going for a ride! Yomata dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Yomata with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Yomata is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, if Yomata is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yomata is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
li tries to kick Yomata off but Yomata keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
li trying to control from the bottom.
Yomata controlling the action here.
Yomata slips a nice elbow through li's hands, connecting with li's forehead.
Yomata is nestled in close to li, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yomata stalling.
Ground and pound from Yomata.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yomata has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can li defend it? Yomata steps over the head and cranks it - li is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Yomata!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kenji Yomata!