PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takayama Yataro (ranked 517 p4p, 904 weight class) and One Fortythree (ranked 35 p4p, 61 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Yataro
vs
Fortythree

163 cm
27
143
14 - 5 - 0

168 cm
27
143
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Core Combat

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takayama Yataro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, One Fortythree!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yataro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yataro misses with a body shot
and Fortythree connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortythree misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Fortythree misses the target.
Fortythree changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Yataro.
Takayama Yataro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fortythree misses with a lunging right hand
and Yataro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yataro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at MONEY TEAM!!! in the buildup to the fight.
Yataro throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Yataro misses.
Yataro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fortythree moves away from the strike by Yataro.
Yataro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fortythree's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yataro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fortythree.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yataro swings widly with a right hand
and Fortythree counters with a left to the body.
Fortythree misses with an uppercut.
Yataro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yataro catches Fortythree with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fortythree keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yataro misses with a jab to the body
and Fortythree counters with a nice uppercut.
Yataro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fortythree cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fortythree has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yataro throws an overhand right that lands on Fortythree's shoulder, as Fortythree tries to avoid the shot.
Fortythree is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yataro with a body shot.
Yataro misses the jab.
It seemed like Fortythree was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Fortythree finds it's way through Yataro's defenses.
Yataro cracks Fortythree with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortythree misses with a looping left.
It looked like Yataro was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fortythree.
Yataro misses with an uppercut. Fortythree saw that one coming.
Fortythree uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yataro.
A left lands for Fortythree.
Fortythree connects with a looping right hand.
Fortythree keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fortythree scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yataro doesn't seem bothered though.
Fortythree misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yataro.
Fortythree misses with an uppercut.
Yataro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yataro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fortythree throws a shot from downtown. Yataro moves away and avoids it.
Yataro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yataro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fortythree on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Fortythree is rocked!
Fortythree looks up at the clock. Bad move! Yataro lands a right hand from hell, dropping Fortythree. Yataro pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takayama Yataro!
A very excited looking Takayama Yataro made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.