PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuuri Yushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evans comes to the cage accompanied by "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.. Yushima has chosen Funktasztikus - Exodus as his entrance music. Freddy Evans is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Evans
vs
Yushima

175 cm
23
142 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

172 cm
22
130 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Hell's Balls Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freddy Evans!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuuri Yushima!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Evans was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yushima is looking to improve his position but Evans isn't that keen on the idea.
Evans lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yushima hang on?
Yushima is in all sorts of trouble here.
Evans has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Evans jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Yushima manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Yushima tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Evans tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Evans tries for a kimura but Yushima is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yushima is looking to regain half guard here but Evans keeps moving and retains side control.

Evans stands up.
Evans fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throws a push kick but Yushima slaps the foot to one side.
Yuuri Yushima is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yushima tries to work over Evans's front leg with a kick but Evans checks it.
Freddy Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans fails with the takedown.
Yushima misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yushima circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freddy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yushima tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yushima fails to land with a series of punches.
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Evans drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Evans is looking to stand up but Yushima won't let him.

Evans drops back looking for a leg! Yushima is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yushima manages to kick Evans off! Evans jumps back into Yushima's guard.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans is breathing heavily.

Yushima looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Yushima looking for a guillotine here but Evans defends easily.

Yushima looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Evans drops back looking for a leg! Yushima is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yushima manages to kick Evans off! Evans jumps back into Yushima's guard.
Evans won't allow Yushima to get back to his feet.
Evans won't allow Yushima to sweep him here.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yushima is keeping the position for now.

Evans stands up and waves to Yushima to follow him.
Yushima throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evans.
Yushima swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
Nice cross by Evans.

Evans drives through with a takedown into guard.

Evans stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Evans looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Evans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Evans trying to control the position but Yushima is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Evans dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

No luck for Evans with that takedown attempt.
Evans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yushima as he jumps to the side.
No luck for Evans with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freddy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Evans looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Yushima tries to get to full guard but Evans has control of the leg.
Yushima manages to get to full guard.

Evans stands up and waves to Yushima to follow him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yushima gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Freddy Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Evans stands up from Yushima's guard - Evans perhaps looking for a knockout.

Evans instigates a clinch.
Yushima scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Yushima fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans goes for a takedown attempt but Yushima pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Yushima. No joy for Evans on that attempt.
Evans has a takedown stuffed.
Evans will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yushima counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Evans! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Yushima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuuri Yushima!
Yuuri Yushima is the new bantamweight champion!