PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyamoto Musashi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Yee
vs
Musashi

188 cm
32
179 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

178 cm
31
182 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yee misses with an uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Musashi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Yee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yee works on Musashi's body with a couple of short punches.
Musashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yee misses with a punch on the inside.
Musashi dodges an elbow strike from Yee.
Musashi blocks an uppercut.
Musashi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yee lands an elbow inside.
Yee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but Musashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Musashi.
A frustrated look appears on Musashi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Musashi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yee works on Musashi's body with a couple of short punches.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but Musashi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi dodges an elbow strike from Yee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yee throws a head punch that misses.
Yee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yee lands an elbow that stopped Musashi in his tracks for a moment.
Musashi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yee is keeping busy.
Musashi takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Miyamoto Musashi has been cut.
Nice body punch from Yee.
Musashi looking to stall.
A short left from Musashi.
Yee scores with a shot to the side of Musashi's head.
Yee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yee misses with some punches.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Musashi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Musashi.
Yee lands a hook that snaps the head of Musashi backwards.
Yee lands a damaging elbow.
Musashi misses with a body punch.
Yee letting Musashi take a breather here.
Musashi working aggressively here.

Musashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Musashi has managed to clinch.
A hook to the body from Musashi.
Musashi takes a shot to the head.
Musashi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yee lands with a right to the head.
Musashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Musashi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Musashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Yee controls his hands.
Musashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Musashi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Musashi's brow.
Yee lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yee.
Musashi avoids the elbow strike from Yee, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Yee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Musashi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Musashi wants to get back to striking at distance but Yee won't allow it.
Yee takes a shot to the head.
Musashi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Still in the clinch, Yee scores with a nice short uppercut.

Musashi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Musashi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Musashi circles away quickly and effectively.
Yee misses with a combination
and Musashi counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musashi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little feinted left hand from Yee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yee throws a looping overhand right but Musashi ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Musashi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yee fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Musashi to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Musashi looks to clinch but Yee throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Musashi taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jason Yee!