PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sang Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jo Yabuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Reeves
vs
Yabuki

202 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sang Reeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jo Yabuki!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yabuki clinches.
Reeves landing knees to the head.
Yabuki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reeves tries to land a knee to the head but Yabuki blocks with his arms.
Yabuki fails to pull guard.
Yabuki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Still in the clinch, Reeves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reeves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reeves misses with a knee strike.
Reeves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yabuki is defending well for now.
Yabuki tries to land knees in the clinch but Reeves avoids the damage to the body.
Reeves throws a head punch that misses.

Yabuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yabuki closes the distance but Reeves moves to the side
and Reeves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yabuki goes for a double leg but Reeves avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reeves continues to drive forward.

Yabuki pushes Reeves up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yabuki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yabuki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reeves sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sang Reeves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jo Yabuki.
Yabuki throws a series of punches but Reeves moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Reeves.
Reeves falls off balance throwing a combination

and Yabuki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yabuki tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Reeves just stands there and leans against the cage.

Yabuki gets control of Reeves's arms and successfully pulls guard. Yabuki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Yabuki is looking to stand up but Reeves isn't so interested in that idea.
Reeves is looking to work some ground and pound but Yabuki has wrist control.
Reeves really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Yabuki is trying to control the position but Reeves postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yabuki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reeves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Reeves with a nice head shot there.
Yabuki trying to keep a closed guard but Reeves is proving a slippery customer.
Yabuki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Yabuki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yabuki looks winded!

Reeves closes the distance and pushes Yabuki back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reeves is trying to trip Yabuki. He has hold of a leg but Yabuki is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reeves persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Reeves postures up.
Reeves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reeves chips away with some ground and pound.
Yabuki seems keen to control Reeves's posture.
Reeves landing some decent shots from guard.
Reeves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabuki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reeves.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reeves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Yabuki is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Reeves has his hands clasped together but Yabuki extends and breaks Reeves's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Yabuki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jo Yabuki!