D 12 : Yuudai vs Killer PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buenaventura Durruti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

White
vs
Durruti

204 cm
26
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

203 cm
25
264 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royce White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buenaventura Durruti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White moves into the clinch.

White has clasped his hands together around Durruti's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Durruti is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.
White slows the pace down.
Durruti tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.
White in side control lands a decent elbow.

It looks like Buenaventura Durruti has been cut.
White working the body and head with strikes.

Durruti is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Buenaventura Durruti's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Royce White!

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energy
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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ola Afolabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C S Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Afolabi
vs
S Graves

191 cm
33
216 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

175 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ola Afolabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, C S Graves!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Afolabi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graves throws a combination that misses
and Afolabi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Afolabi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Afolabi.
Graves is trying to break free.
Graves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Afolabi.
Afolabi stalling against the cage.
Graves takes a shot to the head.
Afolabi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like C S Graves has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Afolabi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Afolabi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graves's face.
Afolabi scores with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Afolabi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Afolabi landing knees to the head.
Afolabi prevents Graves from breaking the clinch.
Afolabi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Graves looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Afolabi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Graves's defenses.
Afolabi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Graves's defenses.
Afolabi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Afolabi slowing the pace effectively.
Graves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Afolabi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Afolabi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Afolabi has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A short body shot lands from Afolabi as the two fighters clinch.
Afolabi lands a good knee to the midsection. Graves won't want to take too many of those.
Afolabi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Graves.
Afolabi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravess head.
Come on Afolabi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Afolabi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Afolabi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Afolabi lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi is leaning against Graves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Afolabi lands an elbow just above Graves 's eye.
Graves takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Afolabi.

That has opened up C S Graves's cut even more.
Afolabi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Afolabi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short body shot lands from Afolabi as the two fighters clinch.
Afolabi cracks Graves with a nice body shot.
Afolabi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Afolabi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Afolabi with a knee to the head.
Afolabi with a knee to the head.
Afolabi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Graves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Afolabi has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Afolabi.
Afolabi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Afolabi.
Afolabi lands a shot to the body.
Afolabi crunches a lovely knee into Graves's ribcage.
Afolabi lands an elbow inside that Graves shrugs off.
Afolabi lands a good knee to the midsection. Graves won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Afolabi scores with a knee to the head.
Graves letting Afolabi take a breather here.
Afolabi scores with a hook to the body.
Afolabi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Afolabi.
A knee to the head by Afolabi.
Afolabi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Afolabi scores a nice knee to the body.
Afolabi lands an elbow just above Graves 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi landing knees to the head.

Graves is rocked!

The cut above C S Graves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Afolabi.
Graves is still on wobbly legs! Can Afolabi finish him?
Afolabi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Afolabi digs a right hand underneath Graves's ribcage. Graves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Afolabi lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Afolabi.
Afolabi creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Graves with a big uppercut! Graves tries to clinch up but Afolabi pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Graves to the mat! Graves covers up and Afolabi unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ola Afolabi!
Our winner, Ola Afolabi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

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energy
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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Hollywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hollywood
vs
Gatti

188 cm
40
196 lbs
36 - 25 - 0

178 cm
23
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 36 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Hollywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lars Gatti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hollywood clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hollywood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hollywood working Gatti over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hollywood.
Hollywood lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollywood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hollywood crunches a lovely knee into Gatti's ribcage.
Gatti looks winded!
Hollywood is working Gatti over against the cage.
Hollywood scores with a hook to the body.
Hollywood digs a right hand underneath Gatti's ribcage. Gatti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hollywood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gatti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hollywood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Lars Gatti has been cut.

Hollywood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hollywood darts in and clinches Gatti up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hollywood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hollywood gets a clinch.

Hollywood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hollywood gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hollywood moves into the clinch successfully.
Hollywood blocks a body shot from Gatti.

Hollywood manages to break the clinch.

Hollywood darts in and clinches Gatti up against the cage.
Hollywood is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hollywood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gatti or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hollywood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hollywood lands a nice knee to the body.
Hollywood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hollywood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hand to the body from Hollywood.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hollywood lands a knee to the body.
Hollywood scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Hollywood - that landed with a thud.

Hollywood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hollywood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Hollywood - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gatti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hollywood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hollywood scores with a hook to the body.
Hollywood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Hollywood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gatti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Hollywood instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hollywood.
Hollywood lands an elbow that stopped Gatti in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Hollywood.
Hollywood taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hollywood is leaning against Gatti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hollywood.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hollywood.
A hook to the body from Hollywood.
A short right from Hollywood on the inside.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hollywood clinches.

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and pushes Gatti back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.
Hollywood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Hollywood moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hollywood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Gatti's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hollywood pushes Gatti up against the cage in a clinch.
Hollywood's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Hollywood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gatti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Hollywood manages to break the clinch.
Hollywood definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Hollywood moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Hollywood to work.
Hollywood lands a nice shot to the body.
Hollywood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gatti takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gatti is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Hollywood.
Hollywood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatti backwards.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hollywood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hollywood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gatti's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollywood connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hollywood.
Hollywood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hollywood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hollywood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Hollywood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Hollywood.
Hollywood landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Hollywood breaks the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and pushes Gatti back into the cage.
Hollywood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hollywood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gatti can do to turn this around?
A left hand lands to the body for Hollywood.
Hollywood digs a right hand underneath Gatti's ribcage. Gatti let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and clinches.
Hollywood lands with a short shot to the head.
Hollywood creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Gatti with a big uppercut! Gatti tries to clinch up but Hollywood pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Gatti to the mat! Gatti covers up and Hollywood unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David Hollywood!
An out of breath David Hollywood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
85%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinkz Bones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yonash Blagech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blagech is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Red Tree - wood. Clinkz Bones has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bones
vs
Blagech

200 cm
23
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
30
285 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clinkz Bones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yonash Blagech!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Bones as Blagech shoots in.
Blagech misses with a takedown attempt - Bones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bones tries to work over Blagech's front leg with a kick but Blagech checks it.

Bones clinches up with Blagech and pushes him back against the cage.
Bones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Blagech pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Bones is sitting in close to Blagech's body. Blagech has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Bones is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Bones is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Blagech.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Yonash Blagech!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Yuudai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerzy Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuudai's entrance music is Fear of the dark - Iron Maiden. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Yuudai
vs
Killer

173 cm
32
170 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

177 cm
24
168 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sex Panther Supplements!

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takeshi Yuudai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerzy Killer!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuudai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yuudai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yuudai walks forward, straight into a front kick from Killer.
Yuudai blocks a leg kick.
Yuudai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Killer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Killer misses with a head kick.

Killer has closed the distance and engaged Yuudai in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Killer.

Yuudai has hold of one of Killer's legs. Killer is fighting the takedown attempt but Yuudai gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yuudai is pushing down on Killer's leg trying to pass to half guard. Killer is fighting to maintain full guard but Yuudai has managed to sneak the leg through.
Killer trying to control but Yuudai postures up.
Yuudai is looking to advance position but Killer won't allow it.
Killer trying to hold on to Yuudai's head to control him but Yuudai postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yuudai looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
We've been hearing that Yuudai has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Killer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yuudai. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Yuudai is working for a submission of some sort.

Yuudai is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Killer still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Killer has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Yuudai is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Yuudai wants to get back to his feet but Killer drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Killer decides to stand up, so the ref orders Yuudai to his feet.
Killer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yuudai.
Yuudai blocks a head kick by Killer.
Killer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yuudai's sensitive parts.
Jerzy Killer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Killer cracks Yuudai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Yuudai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Yuudai postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Killer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Killer keeping full guard, as Yuudai tries to pass.
Yuudai distracts Killer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai postures up in Killer's guard and throws a big left but Killer blocks it.
Yuudai throws a big right hand that misses.

Yuudai thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yuudai postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yuudai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Killer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Killer has control of Yuudai's left arm, preventing Yuudai from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Killer trying to keep a closed guard but Yuudai is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Takeshi Yuudai will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice body punch from Killer.
Killer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Killer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Killer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yuudai looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yuudai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Killer.
Yuudai missing with a left hand there. Killer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yuudai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Killer slaps away a takedown attempt from Yuudai, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yuudai checks a leg kick.
Yuudai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Yuudai closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Killer is defending against the submission attempts here by Yuudai.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yuudai is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuudai works his way into side control.
Yuudai lands a few punches from side control.
Killer is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Killer wants to control but Yuudai postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer tries to bench press Yuudai off him but Yuudai keeps the position.
Yuudai tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yuudai postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Yuudai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Yuudai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yuudai with the ground and pound but Killer regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Killer can do anything to dispel that myth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yuudai thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Killer's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yuudai is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Killer defends it well.
Yuudai throwing shots but Killer is blocking nicely.

Killer is defending against the submission attempts here by Yuudai.

Yuudai is looking for a kimura here.
Yuudai slips a nice elbow through Killer's hands, connecting with Killer's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yuudai looking for a submission but Killer manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Yuudai throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yuudai throwing strikes but missing.
Yuudai 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.
Killer is trying to keep Yuudai in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Killer is looking to stand up but Yuudai isn't so interested in that idea.
Killer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Yuudai dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Killer tries to clinch but Yuudai moves out of range.
Killer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A nice inside leg kick there by Killer. That's going to slow Yuudai down.
Killer throws a leg kick but Yuudai sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Yuudai changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Killer looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yuudai has hold of Killer's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Killer tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Yuudai cranks the arm and Killer screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Killer, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Takeshi Yuudai!
Takeshi Yuudai retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Takeshi Yuudai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.