PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaro Lalla (ranked 2435 p4p, 2941 weight class) and Takayama Yataro (ranked 67 p4p, 0 weight class). Lalla comes to the cage accompanied by ЛЮБИ. Jaro Lalla has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lalla
vs
Yataro

175 cm
35
126
20 - 23 - 2

163 cm
31
143
15 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Grunge Nutrition

Bear N Saints

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 20 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Jaro Lalla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takayama Yataro!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yataro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lalla moves away.
Lalla throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yataro's waist but Yataro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lalla off to one side.
A nice side step and Yataro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yataro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yataro misses with a looping left.
Lalla has a takedown stuffed.
Yataro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lalla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yataro throws out the jab.
Lalla looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Lalla closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lalla shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yataro but Yataro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaro Lalla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lalla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yataro.
Nice shot by Yataro.

Lalla is rocked!
Lalla shoots in but Yataro avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yataro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yataro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lalla moves away.
Yataro misses with a looping right.
Lalla takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lalla takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lalla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lalla closes the distance and clinches up with Yataro, looking for a takedown. Lalla pushes Yataro against the cage but Yataro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yataro misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yataro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lallas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lalla ducks under a wild hook from Yataro.

Lalla closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lalla lands in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lalla stops Yataro from standing up.
Lalla throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lalla really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Yataro wants to stand and escape but Lalla is having none of it.
Yataro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lalla.
Yataro wants to stand and escape but Lalla is having none of it.

Lalla drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lalla jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yataro is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lalla is controlling him.
Lalla will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lalla lands a couple of digs.
Lalla postures up in Yataro's guard and throws a big left but Yataro blocks it.
Lalla is working Yataro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lalla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lalla scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lalla looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lalla pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yataro is keeping the position for now.
Yataro wants to stand and escape but Lalla is having none of it.
Yataro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lalla accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yataro is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lalla is controlling him.

Lalla drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lalla jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lalla scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet but Lalla is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lalla throwing strikes but missing.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet but Lalla is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lalla scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet but Lalla is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lalla is working Yataro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yataro wants to stand up but Lalla is controlling him.
Yataro is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Lalla with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lalla postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yataro wants to stand but Lalla is controlling the position.
Lalla connects with a couple of short punches.

Lalla thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Lalla drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lalla jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet but Lalla is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lalla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yataro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lalla in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lalla with a nice head shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Takayama Yataro will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lalla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yataro.
Yataro throws a jab when Lalla was well out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lalla.
Nice body punch from Yataro.

Lalla shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Yataro tries to kick Lalla off but Lalla keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lalla sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yataro defending well though.

Yataro is defending against the submission attempts here by Lalla.
Lalla sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yataro defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lalla is looking for a kimura but Yataro is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lalla to get the leverage.

Lalla is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Yataro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lalla. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yataro is trying to stand up here but Lalla is controlling him well.

Lalla is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yataro defends it well.
Lalla winds up and cracks Yataro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Lalla is trying to work for a kimura but Yataro is defending well.
Lalla prevents Yataro from standing back up.
Lalla landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yataro is looking to escape.
Lalla slips a nice elbow through Yataro's hands, connecting with Yataro's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yataro is trying to stand back up but Lalla is controlling him
Lalla thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yataro's head.
Lalla prevents Yataro from standing back up.

Lalla is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Yataro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lalla throwing shots but Yataro is blocking nicely.
Lalla 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.
Yataro is trying to stand.
Lalla winds up and cracks Yataro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lalla not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lalla stops Yataro from getting back to his feet.

Lalla wants to work for an arm triangle but Yataro is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lalla throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yataro is trying to stand.

Lalla is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yataro sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lalla is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Yataro is just riding it out for now. Lalla eventually gives up the hold.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet.
Yataro has hold of Lalla's hands but Lalla slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yataro is trying to stand up here but Lalla is controlling him well.
Lalla scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lalla lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Lalla is looking for a kimura here.
Yataro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lalla.
Yataro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lalla here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lalla lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Lalla is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yataro sees it coming and defends easily.
Lalla prevents Yataro from standing back up.
Lalla looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yataro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yataro taking some punishment here, with Lalla in his half guard.

Yataro is defending against the submission attempts here by Lalla.

Lalla is looking for a kimura here.
Lalla landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yataro looks like he's trying to stand up.

Lalla is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yataro defends it well.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaro Lalla dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yataro cracks Lalla with an open hand slap.
Yataro stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yataro wants it to stay on the feet.
Lalla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yataro.
The fighters circling - Yataro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lalla tried to counter with a leg kick but Yataro avoided it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lalla.
Yataro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lalla makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lalla is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yataro can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lalla takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yataro lands with a shot to the body.
Yataro throws a lazy uppercut
and Lalla counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lalla on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Lalla closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Yataro quickly recovers to half guard.
Lalla stops Yataro from getting back to his feet.
Lalla scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jaro Lalla overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lalla seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lalla throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yataro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lalla stops Yataro from getting back to his feet.

Lalla is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Yataro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lalla stops Yataro from getting back to his feet.
Lalla landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet.

Lalla seems to be working for a kimura but Yataro defends the submission attempt.
Lalla lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yataro is looking to escape.
Lalla is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lalla is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yataro defends it well.
Lalla throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Yataro is defending against the submission attempts here by Lalla.
Lalla missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lalla throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yataro is looking to escape.

Lalla is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Yataro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Yataro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Lalla is looking for a kimura here.
Lalla throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lalla is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yataro defends it well.
Yataro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lalla scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yataro has hold of Lalla's hands but Lalla slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yataro tries to kick Lalla off but Lalla keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lalla sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yataro defending well though.
Yataro wants to get back to his feet.
Lalla not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lalla connects with a nice short shot to Yataro's temple.
Yataro is looking to escape.
Lalla thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Lalla is trying for a kimura here. Yataro looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Lalla wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jaro Lalla!
Our winner, Jaro Lalla, 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.