PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Asai (ranked 2384 p4p, 1684 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 127 p4p, 91 weight class). Asai comes to the cage accompanied by Grand Sword. Yoshihiro Asai could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derek Vinyard's chin.

Asai
vs
Vinyard

172 cm
42
140
36 - 24 - 2

167 cm
34
145
23 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 36 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Asai !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinyard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vinyard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Asai throws a low kick but Vinyard avoids it.
Asai throws a shot from downtown. Vinyard moves away and avoids it.
Asai wants to slow Vinyard down by chopping away at his legs.
Vinyard lands a head kick!
Vinyard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Asai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Asai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vinyard throws a sloppy head kick and Asai moves out of range easily.
Asai throws a leg kick which misses Vinyard's front leg but catches the back leg as Vinyard tries to avoid it.
Vinyard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vinyard looks to land a right hand but Asai moved out of range.
Asai defending well as Vinyard loads up on a big left hand.
Asai throws a body kick that misses
and Vinyard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asai takes a swing at Vinyard's ribcage but misses.
Asai throws a chopping leg kick but Vinyard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Asai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vinyard misses with a hook. Asai ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai misses with a head kick.
Asai feints and then cracks Vinyard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vinyard down.
Asai ducks under a wild hook from Vinyard.
Asai cracks Vinyard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vinyard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Asai connects with a jab.
Asai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Asai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vinyard misses with a hook. Asai ducked under it nicely.
Asai tried to counter with a leg kick but Vinyard avoided it.
Asai misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Vinyard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vinyard moves out of range as Asai throws a body kick.
Asai misses with a body kick.
Asai throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vinyard swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Asai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asai tries to work over Vinyard's front leg with a kick but Vinyard checks it.
Vinyard looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Vinyard throws a hook to the side of Asai 's head but Asai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Asai avoids the head kick by Vinyard.
Vinyard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vinyard missing with a left hand there. Asai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vinyard clobbers Asai with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Asai lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asai . Vinyard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vinyard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Asai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vinyard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by Vinyard.
Good standup being displayed there by Asai as he connects with a hook.
Asai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Asai throws a body kick that misses
and Vinyard counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard moves out of range as Asai throws a body kick.
Asai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Asai misses with a straight left.
Asai looks to land a right hand but Vinyard moved out of range.
Vinyard throws a looping overhand right but Asai ducks down to avoid it.
Vinyard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Asai misses with an uppercut.
Asai lands a leg kick that knocks Vinyard off balance momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Asai .
Asai lands a body shot.
Asai connects with a single shot there.
Vinyard throws a hook to the side of Asai 's head but Asai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vinyard misses with a head kick.
Asai 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vinyard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Asai scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asai cracks Vinyard with an open hand slap.
Vinyard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vinyard swinging wildly here.
Asai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Asai throws a low kick, looking for Vinyard's leg but Vinyard calmly moves out of range.
Vinyard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vinyard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vinyard misses with a lunging right hand
and Asai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vinyard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Asai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vinyard on the side of the head.
A nice leg kick from Asai , right into the meat of the thigh.
Asai blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yoshihiro Asai will probably get the nod.
That's time! Asai 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vinyard misses with the combination.
Asai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vinyard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vinyard there as he acknowledges the shot.
Asai lands a leg kick that knocks Vinyard off balance momentarily.
Vinyard lands a nice hook to Asai 's body. Asai takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vinyard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yoshihiro Asai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vinyard misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Asai .
Vinyard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinyard misses with a looping right.
Vinyard misses with an uppercut
enabling Asai to counter with a crisp jab.
Yoshihiro Asai is winning the standup battle so far.
Asai jabs Vinyard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Vinyard blocks the leg kick.
Asai connects with a leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Vinyard might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Asai has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Asai misses.
Asai swings for the body but Vinyard moves out of range.
Asai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Asai blocks a jab.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asai avoids the body shot from Vinyard.
Asai checks a leg kick.
Vinyard loads up on a big right hand but Asai slips the punch.
Asai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Asai misses with a lunging right hand
and Vinyard counters with a nice uppercut.
Vinyard throws an overhand right that lands on Asai 's shoulder, as Asai tries to avoid the shot.
Asai lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vinyard takes a step back to recover.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vinyard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asai connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vinyard's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vinyard misses with a looping left.
Vinyard cracks Asai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vinyard moves out of range as Asai throws a body kick.
Vinyard missing with a left hand there. Asai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vinyard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Asai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Asai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vinyard.
Asai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Asai lands with a shot to the body.
Asai throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vinyard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Asai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Asai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vinyard has time to react.

Vinyard is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asai misses with the combination.
Asai scores with a push kick.
Asai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Asai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vinyard is still on wobbly legs! Can Asai finish him?
Vinyard throws a right hand that Asai ducks under and follows up with a left that Asai also avoids with ease.
Vinyard misses with a hook
and Asai counters with a right hand to the body.
Vinyard tries to bum rush Asai with a series of wild strikes but Asai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vinyard tries a head kick but it misses.
Vinyard seems to have recovered his senses.
Asai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vinyard.
Vinyard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Asai on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Asai gets tackled into the cage by Vinyard. Vinyard maintains the clinch.
Vinyard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vinyard backwards.
Asai lands with a left to the head.
Clinched against the cage, Asai lands a big elbow that drops Vinyard! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Vinyard is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshihiro Asai !
Yoshihiro Asai took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'After 4 Tough Losses, This Was A Very Important Win For Me'.