PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wang Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayato Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bang
vs
Yamamoto

175 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wang Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayato Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto fails with the takedown
and Bang counters with a stiff right hand.
Bang throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yamamoto's head.

It looks like Hayato Yamamoto has been cut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bang.
Yamamoto doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bang counters with a straight right hand.
Yamamoto shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wang Bang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hayato Yamamoto.

Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamamoto is taking a breather. Bang says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bang is trying to control but can't.
Bang is staying active underneath Yamamoto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto stops Bang from getting back to his feet.
Bang is refusing to be controlled, as Yamamoto sits in half guard.
Bang is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Yamamoto jumps into side control!
Yamamoto advances to full mount.
Bang wants to control but Yamamoto is having none of it.
Bang is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Yamamoto has taken his back.

Yamamoto is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Bang won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Yamamoto off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hayato Yamamoto!