PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benson Beckley (ranked 3539 p4p, 5173 weight class) and Rogerio Yamamoto (ranked 339 p4p, 408 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Beckley
vs
Yamamoto

175 cm
19
158
5 - 1 - 1

172 cm
19
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Seventh Circle Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benson Beckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogerio Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckley throws a head kick but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Beckley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benson Beckley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Beckley moves into the clinch.
Yamamoto lands an elbow just above Beckley 's eye.

It looks like Benson Beckley has been cut.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beckley's defenses.
Beckley trying to control the position but instead, Yamamoto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beckley into the cage.
Beckley managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto avoiding damage as Beckley throws knees to the body.
Beckley is looking for a takedown.
Yamamoto lands an elbow just above Beckley 's eye.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Benson Beckley's cut is getting worse.
Beckley wants to take the fight to the mat but Yamamoto manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beckley tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamamoto avoids the damage to the body.
Beckley avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckley misses with a punch to the body.
Beckley trying to land knees to the body.
Beckley is trying to pull guard but Yamamoto has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benson Beckley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Beckley.
Beckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beckley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamamoto is defending well for now.
Yamamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Beckley in his tracks for a moment.

Beckley is rocked!
Yamamoto lands an elbow just above Beckley 's eye.
Oh Beckley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Benson Beckley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clinched against the cage, Yamamoto lands a big elbow that drops Beckley! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Beckley is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rogerio Yamamoto!