PBP Commentary

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

Yamamoto
vs
Oliveira

170 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
156 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayato Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fernando Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Oliveira there.

It looks like Hayato Yamamoto has been cut.
Yamamoto has his takedown stuffed
and Oliveira counters with a left to the body.
Oliveira connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamamoto's hands.

Yamamoto is rocked!
Oliveira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body. Yamamoto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up.
Yamamoto has his takedown stuffed
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Oh Yamamoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oliveira scores with a shot to the body.
Yamamoto shoots and misses

and Oliveira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hayato Yamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.

Oliveira drops Yamamoto onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Yamamoto is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oliveira unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Yamamoto! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Oliveira is unloading with more strikes now! Yamamoto drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Oliveira!
Fernando Oliveira was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.