PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Albert Anastasia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichi Yakuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anastasia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cold As Ice. Yakuza has chosen The Legend of Zelda, Overworld as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Anastasia
vs
Yakuza

183 cm
33
148 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

150 cm
29
116 lbs
4 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Albert Anastasia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichi Yakuza!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakuza takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yakuza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yakuza is looking to clinch but Anastasia is avoiding it.
Yakuza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Anastasia.
Anastasia lands some shots froms side control.
Anastasia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anastasia lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yakuza down.
Anastasia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anastasia just content to control the position.

Anastasia decides to stand up, so the ref orders Yakuza to his feet.

Anastasia manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Yakuza on his heels. He'll look to pass Yakuza's guard now, I'm sure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakuza being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasia lands a couple of digs.
Anastasia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yakuza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Anastasia lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anastasia not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Anastasia scoring with some ground and pound.

Yakuza is rocked!
Anastasia gets to his feet and stands over Yakuza, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Yakuza felt that one! Anastasia unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Yakuza from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Albert Anastasia!
A very excited looking Albert Anastasia 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.
In defeat, Ichi Yakuza stepped up to the mic, saying 'This has not been honorable. Seppuku!'.