PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Nile Vulgar (ranked 8328 p4p, 672 weight class) and Matsui Yamamoto (ranked 7775 p4p, 647 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Vulgar
vs
Yamamoto

173 cm
20
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Very strong

Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nile Vulgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matsui Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Yamamoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vulgar scores a nice knee to the body.
Vulgar working Yamamoto over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Vulgar.

It looks like Matsui Yamamoto has been cut.
Yamamoto looks winded!
Vulgar lands an elbow just above Yamamoto 's eye.
Vulgar stalling the fight.
Vulgar blocks the elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vulgar.
Vulgar trying to control the position but instead, Yamamoto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vulgar into the ropes.
Vulgar lands a knee to the head.
We've been informed that Yamamoto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vulgar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Yamamoto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vulgar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yamamoto has time to react.

Yamamoto is rocked!
Nile Vulgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vulgar rushes Yamamoto and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Yamamoto is still on wobbly legs! Can Vulgar finish him?
Yamamoto stalling in the clinch but Vulgar improves position.
Yamamoto seems to have recovered his senses.
Yamamoto trying to control the position but instead, Vulgar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yamamoto into the ropes.
Vulgar lands a good knee to the midsection. Yamamoto won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vulgar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamamoto stalling in the clinch but Vulgar improves position.
Vulgar lands an elbow just above Yamamoto 's eye.
Yamamoto takes a shot to the head.

That has opened up Matsui Yamamoto's cut even more.
Vulgar lands a body shot.
Vulgar lands an elbow just above Yamamoto 's eye.
Vulgar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vulgar has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Yamamoto to the canvas! Can Yamamoto beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Yamamoto was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Vulgar is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Nile Vulgar!
During a confident post fight interview, Nile Vulgar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.