PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akihiko Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zack Cortez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yamato
vs
Cortez

191 cm
25
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
188 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
Max Octane Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiko Yamato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zack Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez misses with a hook.
Cortez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Yamato has Cortez up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamato.

It looks like Zack Cortez has been cut.
Yamato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cortez trying to land knees to the body.
Yamato lands with a short shot to the head.
Yamato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cortez's defenses.

Cortez is rocked!
Yamato pushes Cortez against the cage. Yamato is working some dirty boxing. Yamato pushes off with a quick right hook! Cortez goes down! Cortez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Yamato moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akihiko Yamato!
Akihiko Yamato seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Zack Cortez was interviewed post fight and said 'This fight was a fluke.'.