PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimi Tank (ranked 4909 p4p, 2004 weight class) and Yosuke Hashimoto (ranked 436 p4p, 0 weight class). Yosuke Hashimoto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jimi Tank's chin.

Tank
vs
Hashimoto

178 cm
25
162
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
164
4 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimi Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yosuke Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tank gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tank throws an elbow that misses.
Hashimoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hashimoto lands a right hand.
Hashimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hashimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hashimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto digs a right hand into Tank's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tank's gas tank.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Tank lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hashimoto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hashimoto misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto works on Tank's body with a couple of short punches.
Hashimoto working aggressively here.
Hashimoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tank's elbow.
Tank lands an elbow just above Hashimoto 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto throws a head punch that misses.
Tank prevents a body shot from Hashimoto.
Tank's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hashimoto tries a body shot but Tank blocks it.
Tank pushes off an throws an elbow but Hashimoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tank throws an elbow that misses.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Tank lands an elbow just above Hashimoto 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Hashimoto fails to land.
Hashimoto tries a body shot but Tank blocks it.
Hashimoto misses with a punch to the body.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hashimoto.
Hashimoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tank blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tank trying to land knees to the body.
Tank blocking some punches.
Tank tries to land knees in the clinch but Hashimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Tank tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hashimoto avoids it.
Hashimoto lands with a right to the head.
Tank throws an elbow but it misses.
Hashimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hashimoto lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tank throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hashimoto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hashimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tank blocks an uppercut.
Tank trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank throws an elbow that misses.
Tank blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hashimoto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tank backwards.
Tank blocks an uppercut.
Hashimoto misses with the head strike.
We've been informed that Hashimoto has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hashimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tank.
A right handed body shot lands from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Hashimoto gets through Tank's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hashimoto lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tank looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hashimoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Tank backwards.

Tank is rocked!
Hashimoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oh Tank is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hashimoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Tank.
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!
Tank blocking some punches.
Hashimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Tank uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tank blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto working aggressively here.
Tank blocking some punches.
Tank blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tank blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hashimoto throws a head punch that misses.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Hashimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Tank.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tank.
Hashimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hashimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto throws a head punch that misses.
Hashimoto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tank blocking some punches.
Tank blocks an uppercut.
Hashimoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Hashimoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tank.
Hashimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hashimoto working aggressively here.
Hashimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tank blocking some punches.
Hashimoto misses with the head strike.
Hashimoto working aggressively here.
Tank blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tank.
Hashimoto misses with the head strike.
Hashimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Tank.
Hashimoto misses with the head strike.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tank blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hashimoto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hashimoto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yosuke Hashimoto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slow jab from Hashimoto misses its intended target.

Tank clinches up against the cage.
Hashimoto tries to work over Tank's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yosuke Hashimoto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hashimoto avoiding damage as Tank throws knees to the body.
Hashimoto takes an elbow to the temple.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto misses with a punch to the body.
Hashimoto blocks an elbow strike.
Tank blocks an uppercut.
Hashimoto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hashimoto blocks an elbow strike from Tank.
Tank blocks a body shot from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto blocks an elbow strike.
Tank lands a nice elbow.
Hashimoto throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tank landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tank throws an elbow but misses.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Hashimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hashimoto blocks the elbow strike.
Tank creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hashimoto's defenses.
Tank throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hashimoto lands a body shot.
Hashimoto blocks the elbow strike.
Tank missing with knees to the body.
Tank takes a shot to the head.
Tank looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tank.
Hashimoto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hashimoto lands a big right hand that drops Tank! The killer instinct kicks in and Hashimoto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hashimoto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yosuke Hashimoto!