PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minoru Yamamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ian McCall had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

McCall
vs
Yamamura

195 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ian McCall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Minoru Yamamura!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamamura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamamura throws a looping overhand right but McCall ducks down to avoid it.
Yamamura misses with a straight right.
Yamamura walks into a straight right hand from McCall.
McCall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yamamuras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A slow jab from McCall misses its intended target.
Yamamura gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McCall counters with a left to the body.
Nice defenses there by McCall.
Yamamura tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McCall defends well and Yamamura ends up having to push McCall into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCall missing with a left hand there. Yamamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Yamamura misses.
Yamamura fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ian McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minoru Yamamura.
McCall misses with a low kick.
And Yamamura tries to counter it with a takedown but McCall pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCall lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yamamura has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yamamura and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall throws a series of punches but Yamamura avoids them all with ease.
McCall uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yamamura goes for a double leg but McCall avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McCall continues to drive forward.
Yamamura takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCall defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yamamura.
No luck for Yamamura with that takedown attempt.
Ian McCall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamamura will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McCall defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yamamura.
McCall lands a jab-cross combination.
Yamamura closes this distance looking for a takedown but McCall circles away.

McCall moves into the clinch.
McCall prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamura has McCall pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. McCall manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Yamamura looks winded!
A right hook to the body lands for McCall.
McCall pushes Yamamura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCall takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McCall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamamura checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yamamura drops down looking to force a counter takedown but McCall defends it well.
McCall seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
McCall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yamamura is defended easily by McCall.
McCall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCall appears to be looking for a big counter.
McCall tries to clinch but Yamamura is having none of it.
McCall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCall tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Yamamura counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Yamamura throwing shots but McCall is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamura throwing shots but McCall is blocking nicely.
Yamamura working McCall over with strikes.
Yamamura working the head and body with strikes.
McCall on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yamamura working McCall over with strikes.
McCall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yamamura on the ground.
Yamamura controlling the action here.
Yamamura working McCall over with strikes.
Yamamura scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yamamura lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamura takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yamamura lands a nice short elbow.
Yamamura takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McCall is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yamamura scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yamamura takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Yamamura perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
McCall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McCall tries to get out of the position.
McCall pushes Yamamura off looking to stand but Yamamura dives back in and keeps control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Yamamura moves out of range of the body kick from McCall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian McCall dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McCall misses with a wild combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yamamura or perhaps it was just good defense by McCall, which made it look bad.
Yamamura fails with the takedown.
Yamamura fails to land the takedown.
Ian McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minoru Yamamura.

McCall closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McCall tries to throw a body punch but Yamamura avoids it by throwing McCall back against the cage.
McCall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamamura can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCall tries to stall but Yamamura uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McCall lands a shot to the body.
Yamamura has had enough of the clinch but McCall keeps him there for the moment.
McCall lands with a light punch inside.
McCall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yamamura is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamamura is breathing heavily.

McCall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamamura doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yamamura takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Yamamura tries to keep at a distance but McCall has taken the fight into the clinch.

McCall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCall misses with a low kick.
Yamamura tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McCall defends well and Yamamura ends up having to push McCall into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McCall throws a nice looking combination but Yamamura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yamamura circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice sprawl there from McCall as Yamamura shoots in.
McCall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yamamura eats them both and turns towards McCall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCall looks to land a combination but Yamamura avoids it well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yamamura is defended easily by McCall.
Yamamura fails with a takedown attempt.
Ian McCall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCall fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCall cracks Yamamura with an open hand slap.
Yamamura shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McCall defends it nicely.
McCall swinging wildly here.
Yamamura fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McCall avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

McCall clinches up with Yamamura and pushes him back against the cage.
McCall has Yamamura pressed against the cage, preventing Yamamura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yamamura has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McCall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yamamura tries for a takedown. No joy.
McCall lands a shot to the body.
McCall scores with a shot to the side of Yamamura's head.

McCall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McCall connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Yamamura out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ian McCall!