PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Yoshida (ranked 1118 p4p, 141 weight class) and Mark Horowich (ranked 882 p4p, 113 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yoshida
vs
Horowich

196 cm
22
189 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

188 cm
29
188 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Horowich!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoshida moves into the clinch.
Yoshida lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Mark Horowich has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a shot to the body.
Horowich jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yoshida walks away with a smile on his face. Horowich gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Yoshida closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Horowich is trying to pull guard but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
Horowich blocks an uppercut.
Yoshida lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Horowich backwards.
Horowich changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yoshida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lyoto Yoshida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Horowich.
Yoshida is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yoshida lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yoshida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Yoshida rushes Horowich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Horowich tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yoshida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horowich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Horowichs head.
Horowich fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Horowich is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yoshida to keep the fight standing.
Horowich is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yoshida to keep the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
Horowich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yoshida controlling the action here for a moment.
Yoshida gets through Horowich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Yoshida.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida works on Horowich's body with a couple of short punches.
Horowich tries to pull guard but Yoshida won't allow it.
Yoshida is leaning against Horowich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yoshida taking a breather.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Horowich.
Yoshida lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Horowich tries to pull guard but Yoshida holds him up against the cage and eventually Horowich drops back down to his feet.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Horowich.
A shot in the inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a nice uppercut.
Yoshida lands a right hand.

Horowich manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Yoshida has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Horowich throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Horowich working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yoshida doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yoshida manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Horowich is looking for a triangle here but Yoshida uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoshida stands up and beckons Horowich to his feet.

Yoshida closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Horowich tries to pull guard but Yoshida holds him up against the cage and eventually Horowich drops back down to his feet.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Horowich is trying to pull guard but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yoshida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Yoshida looking to stall.
Yoshida misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horowich tries to pull guard but Yoshida holds him up against the cage and eventually Horowich drops back down to his feet.
Yoshida lands with a right to the head.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Horowich takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Horowich jumps guard.

Horowich is looking for a triangle here but Yoshida uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yoshida stands up and beckons Horowich to his feet.
Horowich takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That has opened up Mark Horowich's cut even more.
Yoshida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yoshida lands the left hand.
Horowich is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Yoshida moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Yoshida!