PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Victor Stoic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichi Yakuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakuza has chosen The Legend of Zelda, Overworld as his entrance music. Ichi Yakuza is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Stoic
vs
Yakuza

182 cm
36
135 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

150 cm
37
104 lbs
4 - 49 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Stoic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 49 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ichi Yakuza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yakuza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Stoic slips nicely into half guard.
Stoic sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stoic is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Stoic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoic drops an elbow to the side of Yakuza's head.
Yakuza looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoic looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stoic drops an elbow to the side of Yakuza's head.
Stoic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stoic is controlling the pace.
Yakuza looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stoic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Yakuza is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stoic lands a big elbow - Yakuza is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Stoic!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Stoic!
Victor Stoic 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.
Ichi Yakuza spoke after the fight, saying 'This has not been honorable. Seppuku!'.