PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenshin Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bagong Buhay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buhay has chosen Tatsulok as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Yamamoto
vs
Buhay

169 cm
31
147 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

164 cm
23
146 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenshin Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bagong Buhay!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto misses with a hook.
Buhay looks to land a combination but Yamamoto avoids it well.
Yamamoto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yamamoto avoids the body shot from Buhay.
Buhay misses with a two punch combination.
Buhay throws a nice looking combination but Yamamoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good shot there by Yamamoto.
Buhay misses with a double jab

and Yamamoto counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Buhay tries to improve position but can't.
Yamamoto lands an elbow.
Yamamoto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buhay is trying to work for a sweep but Yamamoto has mounted him!
Yamamoto lands a nice shot to the head.
Buhay is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buhay is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yamamoto working Buhay over with strikes here.
Buhay's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Yamamoto landing punches.

Buhay is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Yamamoto! Buhay is hurt baaadly! Yamamoto is firing away with more strikes - Buhay is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenshin Yamamoto!
A very excited looking Kenshin Yamamoto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Bagong Buhay was interviewed post fight and said 'I already fought the toughest guys here in DFC and I ain't ashamed that I lost to these top guys but with a 3 fight losing streak I think this is it for me.'.