PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Snow Man (ranked 42 p4p, 5 weight class) and Masamichi Yamaji (ranked 98 p4p, 12 weight class). Yamaji comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Forgotten Places by Max Ablitzer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man
vs
Yamaji

193 cm
29
250 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

193 cm
38
262 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Snow Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masamichi Yamaji!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Man.
Yamaji has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yamaji looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Yamaji misses the jab.
Yamaji fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Donk. Yamaji catches Man right on the button with a cross.
Yamaji turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaji moves away.
Yamaji throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yamaji throws a body shot but no joy.
Man looks for the body kick but Yamaji saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Yamaji.
Man throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamaji throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It appears Man was looking to counter with a kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man thows a body kick. Yamaji tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yamaji misses with a hook.
Man was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yamaji doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yamaji lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Yamaji down.
Man moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaji.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man checks the leg kick nicely there.
Man jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Yamaji throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Man counters with a body kick.
Yamaji looks winded!
Man lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yamaji takes a step back to recover.
Man lands a jab to Yamaji's midsection.
Masamichi Yamaji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaji takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Man fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yamaji on the side of the head.

It looks like Masamichi Yamaji has been cut.
Man scores with a spinning back kick!

Man gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Man presses Yamaji against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Man lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamaji.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Man.
Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaji.
Yamaji's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with a shot to the side of Yamaji's head.
Nice body punch from Man.
Man scores with a shoulder strike.
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Yamaji is rocked!
Man creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Yamaji with a big uppercut! Yamaji tries to clinch up but Man pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Yamaji to the mat! Yamaji covers up and Man unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Snow Man!
Snow Man retains his heavyweight title!
The defeated Masamichi Yamaji had this to say: '*sneers and spits on the mat*'.