PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshio Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Matador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto comes to the cage accompanied by WORLD ORDER - WORLD ORDER. Yoshio Yamamoto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Yamamoto
vs
Matador

167 cm
27
135 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

164 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshio Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, El Matador!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto lands a nice hook to Matador's body. Matador takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yamamoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Matador counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Yamamoto!
Yamamoto avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Matador.
Yamamoto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Matador working away.

Matador wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yamamoto, who protects the arm well.

Matador tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Matador has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Matador throws an elbow but Yamamoto slips to the side and avoids it well.

Matador tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Matador has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Matador has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Matador looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Yamamoto is looking for a sweep.
Yamamoto's coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Matador.
Yamamoto struggling a bit here.

Matador is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yamamoto has escaped the position, nice work there.

Matador tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Matador is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yamamoto has escaped the position, nice work there.
Yamamoto can't do much from the bottom here.
Yamamoto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Matador is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Yamamoto looks calm but he's in trouble here. Matador gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Yamamoto is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Matador lets go of the hold and Yamamoto can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). El Matador!
An out of breath El Matador thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Yoshio Yamamoto was interviewed post fight and said 'Well, sometimes you can't win even when you did your best but... It's what it's and I can't change that fact. Congrats to Tony, he's an excellent fighter. He's gonna have a great career for sure. Enjoy your title. Thanks to my fans for their support & my trainers. I'll be back.'.