PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louis Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Williamson
vs
Yamashita

212 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Louis Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Yamashita!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Yamashita tries to keep at a distance but Williamson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Williamson is trying to trip Yamashita. He has hold of a leg but Yamashita is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Williamson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Yamashita working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williamson landing some decent shots from guard.
Williamson lands a couple of digs.
Williamson throwing strikes but missing.
Yamashita trying to control the position here.
Yamashita controls Williamson momentarily but Williamson frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson landing some decent shots from guard.
Yamashita is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Yamashita prevents Williamson from improving his position.
Williamson punching from the bottom.
Yamashita is keen to just control but Williamson is a slippery customer.

Yamashita is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Williamson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Akira Yamashita!