PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ichi Yakuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avital Shafir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakuza comes to the cage accompanied by The Legend of Zelda, Overworld. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Yakuza
vs
Shafir

150 cm
33
112 lbs
4 - 34 - 0

177 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 4 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ichi Yakuza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Avital Shafir!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakuza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shafir is looking for the big counter here.
Yakuza looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Shafir looks to land a combination. Yakuza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shafir lands a really nice looking cross but Yakuza seems unphased.
Yakuza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Foundry in the buildup to the fight.
Shafir darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shafir explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shafir fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shafir, as that shot connected.
Shafir throws a leg kick which misses Yakuza's front leg but catches the back leg as Yakuza tries to avoid it.
Shafir throws a series of punches but Yakuza moves out of range.
Shafir is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shafir looks to score with a jab to the body but Yakuza is just out of range.
Yakuza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yakuza throws a sloppy head kick and Shafir moves out of range easily.
Yakuza throws a head kick that misses.
Shafir has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Yakuza is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Shafir is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shafir lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shafir.
Yakuza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yakuza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Shafir fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yakuza.
Shafir misses with a two punch combination.
Shafir throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Some wild striking there from Shafir.
Yakuza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shafir closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Yakuza is rocked!
Shafir lands with a right that hurts Yakuza. Yakuza looks to clinch but Shafir throws a short knee that drops Yakuza. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Avital Shafir!
In defeat, Ichi Yakuza stepped up to the mic, saying 'This has not been honorable. Seppuku!'.