PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dewey Decimal (ranked 1175 p4p, 1058 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 57 p4p, 52 weight class). Decimal comes into the arena with The Dewey Decimal Rap blaring out of the sound system. Yoshida has chosen Boogeyman by Motörhead as his entrance music. Takashi Yoshida will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Decimal
vs
Yoshida

150 cm
30
136
23 - 12 - 0

165 cm
40
130
40 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Brooklyn Threads
Groove Gear

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 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dewey Decimal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Yoshida.
Decimal defending well as Yoshida loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Decimal is able to avoid easily.
Decimal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Decimal throws a body punch but Yoshida moves out of range.
And Yoshida responds with a good body kick, but Decimal manages to step out the way in time.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Decimal.
Decimal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yoshida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decimal loads up on a big right hand but Yoshida slips the punch.
Decimal misses with a wild body shot.
Decimal misses with a lunging right hand
and Yoshida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses.
Decimal has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yoshida lands a lovely overhand right.
Decimal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yoshida sizes up Decimal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dewey Decimal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Decimal.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Decimal lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from Decimal misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Yoshida.
Decimal lands with a slapping head kick.
Yoshida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yoshida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decimal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yoshida is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Decimal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Decimal tries to work over Yoshida's front leg with a kick but Yoshida checks it.
A jab from Decimal misses.
Decimal just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Yoshida was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Decimal misses with a looping right.
Decimal tried to score with a low kick but Yoshida checks it.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Decimal misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Decimal.
The crowd cheers as Decimal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yoshida doesn't seem phased though.
Yoshida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decimal.
Yoshida let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Decimal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Yoshida moved out of range nicely.
Decimal misses with a hook.
Yoshida checks a low kick from Decimal.
Yoshida lands a glancing blow to the side of Decimal's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decimal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Decimal moves out of range as Yoshida strikes.
Decimal just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Decimal moves away.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick.
Decimal is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yoshida's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Yoshida blocks a jab.
Decimal slips under a jab.
Yoshida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Decimal.
Decimal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshida.
A combination from Decimal does no damage.
Yoshida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decimal misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Decimal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decimal scores with the left hand. Yoshida knows he should have avoided that one.
Decimal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Decimal scores with a body shot.
Decimal throws a big shot that misses.
Yoshida shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yoshida works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decimal.
Decimal misses with an uppercut. Yoshida saw that one coming.
Yoshida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yoshida throws a big shot that misses.
Decimal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Decimal misses.
Yoshida thuds his right hand into Decimal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Decimal checks a low kick from Yoshida.
Decimal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Decimal throws a body punch but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Decimal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yoshida in his tracks.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Decimal lands with an uppercut that bounces Yoshida off the cage and back into range.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Decimal had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Good exchange - Yoshida coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decimal throws a leg kick but Yoshida checks it.
Decimal throws a shot from downtown. Yoshida moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshida's shoulder, as Yoshida tries to avoid the shot.
Decimal throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshida's shoulder, as Yoshida tries to avoid the shot.
Decimal throws a poor cross that misses
and Yoshida counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Yoshida misses with a hook.
Decimal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Decimal.
Decimal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Decimal catches Yoshida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jab, jab by Yoshida - just one landing.
Decimal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decimal checks a leg kick nicely.
Yoshida blocks a jab.
Yoshida cracks Decimal with a good jab.
Decimal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decimal throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Decimal cracks Yoshida with a good jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida tries to score with a low kick but Decimal moves his leg out of the way.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Decimal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yoshida slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Takashi Yoshida will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yoshida tries a low kick but Decimal avoids it.
Decimal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Decimal throws a low kick but Yoshida moves out of range easily.
Decimal backing away here, and Yoshida unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yoshida moves out of range of the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Yoshida there.
Decimal connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decimal misses with an uppercut. Yoshida saw that one coming.
Yoshida shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Decimal throws a hook but Yoshida blocks it.
Yoshida walks into a left hand.
Decimal takes a swing at Yoshida's ribcage but misses.
Decimal looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Decimal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Decimal takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Decimal has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshida connects with a looping right hand.
Decimal takes one on the button.
Decimal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Decimal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida tries a low kick but Decimal avoids it.
Yoshida finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decimal throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Decimal lands with a straight right. Yoshida didn't see that one coming.
A low kick lands for Yoshida.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
Yoshida feints a counter leg kick.
Yoshida scores with a nice strike.
Yoshida fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Decimal checks it well.
Decimal slips a jab from Yoshida.
Yoshida takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A good leg kick by Yoshida.
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Yoshida moved out of range nicely.
Decimal walks into a jab.
Yoshida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimal.
Yoshida throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yoshida scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yoshida takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decimal was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Decimal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yoshida.
Decimal misses with an uppercut
letting Yoshida counter with a right hand.
Yoshida just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Decimal.
Yoshida avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Decimal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yoshida motions for Decimal to come forward. Yoshida throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decimal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yoshida with the inside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yoshida.
Decimal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Yoshida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yoshida scores with a nice strike.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Decimal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshida digs a good hook to Decimal's body.
Decimal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Decimal misses with an uppercut.
Yoshida throws a jab when Decimal was well out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yoshida.
A swing and a miss from Decimal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decimal.
Decimal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yoshida. That did some damage!
Decimal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An inside leg kick from Decimal misses.
Decimal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut lands for Decimal. That snapped Yoshida's head back.
Yoshida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Decimal checks it.
Yoshida thuds his right hand into Decimal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Some bone on bone action there as Yoshida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yoshida misses with a looping left.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida takes one to the side of the head.
Decimal lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
An inside leg kick from Yoshida misses.
Decimal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yoshida looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Decimal does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
Decimal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Yoshida blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to work over Decimal's front leg with a kick but Decimal checks it.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Decimal sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takashi Yoshida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decimal slips under a jab.
Decimal throws a body punch but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yoshida is looking to score with low kicks.
Decimal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Decimal takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decimal.
A little feinted left hand from Decimal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida lands a really nice looking cross but Decimal seems unphased.
Decimal throws a push kick but Yoshida slaps the foot to one side.
Yoshida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decimal tried to counter with a leg kick but Yoshida avoided it.
Yoshida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decimal throws a body punch but Yoshida moves out of range.
Decimal scores with a jab to the head.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Decimal.
Decimal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Decimal with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Takashi Yoshida will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A slow jab from Yoshida misses its intended target.
Decimal scoring well with a low kick there.
Decimal throws a shot to the body.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yoshida lands with a nice body punch.
Decimal with a nice calf kick.
Decimal scores with a hook.
Decimal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decimal scores with the left hand. Yoshida knows he should have avoided that one.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Decimal throws out the jab.
Yoshida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Decimal with a body shot.
Decimal throws a nice looking combination but Yoshida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoshida checks the leg kick.
Decimal throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yoshida throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Yoshida. Beautiful body shot.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Decimal throws a leg kick but Yoshida moved away.
Decimal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yoshida was well out of range. Poor timing from Decimal.
Yoshida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Yoshida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Decimal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a really nice looking cross but Decimal seems unphased.
Yoshida will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decimal throws a low kick but Yoshida avoids it.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida wants to land a leg kick but Decimal is out of range.
Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Yoshida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Decimal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decimal misses the jab.
Yoshida tries a quick counter leg kick but Decimal is wise to it.
Yoshida just misses with a punch to the body.
Decimal throws a head kick that Yoshida semi-blocks.
Decimal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Decimal takes one on the button.
Danga de danga de dang - Decimal scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida lands a really nice looking cross but Decimal seems unphased.
Decimal throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yoshida counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Decimal.
Decimal misses with a hook
and Decimal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decimal.
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Yoshida moved out of range nicely.
Yoshida now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A clash of legs there as Decimal blocks the low kick.
Decimal half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Decimal moves out of range.
Decimal looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Decimal throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida's jab looks to have found its range, popping Decimal under the eye.
The fighters circling - Decimal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yoshida only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Yoshida connects with a looping right hand.
Decimal moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Decimal misses with an attempted mid kick.
Decimal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Decimal.
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Yoshida moved out of range nicely.
Decimal misses with a looping right.
Decimal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Decimal throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yoshida lands the left hand.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Decimal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yoshida under the eye.
Yoshida lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yoshida has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Decimal finds it's way round the side to connect with Yoshida's head.
Decimal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Decimal drops his hands momentarily and Yoshida takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Decimal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Decimal tries a head kick but it misses.
Takashi Yoshida is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Decimal throws a hook but Yoshida avoids it easily.
Decimal avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Decimal moves out of range as Yoshida strikes.
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!
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decimal.
Yoshida tries a quick counter leg kick but Decimal is wise to it.
Decimal throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida walks into a straight right hand from Decimal.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Decimal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Decimal walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal takes a swing at Yoshida's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Yoshida coming out on top.
Yoshida staying out of range there.
Decimal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoshida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yoshida staying out of range there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Decimal down.
Decimal throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
A jab from Decimal does it's job there.
Yoshida moves out of range as Decimal strikes.
Yoshida throws a low kick but Decimal moves out of range easily.
Yoshida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decimal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Decimal misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida looks to land a right hand but Decimal moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Decimal misses the target.
Yoshida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dewey Decimal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Decimal lands the left hand.
Yoshida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Decimal is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dewey Decimal.
Well Yoshida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takashi Yoshida!
Our winner, Takashi Yoshida, 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.