PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Basington (ranked 6916 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichi Yakuza (ranked 15052 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yakuza's choice of entrance music: The Legend of Zelda, Overworld. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Basington
vs
Yakuza

161 cm
27
135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

150 cm
44
104 lbs
4 - 71 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Basington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 71 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ichi Yakuza!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakuza dives in for a single leg takedown but Basington sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Yakuza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Basington but Basington pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Yakuza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Billy Basington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ichi Yakuza.
Yakuza looks winded!

Basington changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yakuza looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Basington is chipping away with strikes.
Basington works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Basington lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Basington lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yakuza takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Yakuza is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Basington scoring with punches from side control.
Yakuza is still in real trouble! Can Basington finish him?
Basington cracks Yakuza with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Basington immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Yakuza is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Basington!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Basington!
In defeat, Ichi Yakuza stepped up to the mic, saying 'This has not been honorable. Seppuku!'.