PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Howard (ranked 6250 p4p, 4506 weight class) and Mario Yamasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jayson Howard could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mario Yamasaki's chin.

Howard
vs
Yamasaki

185 cm
18
175
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
190
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jayson Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Yamasaki!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard throws a sloppy head kick and Yamasaki moves out of range easily.

Yamasaki has managed to clinch.
Howard tries to break the clinch but Yamasaki is controlling the position.
Howard throws a head punch that misses.
Howard wants to break the clinch but can't.

Yamasaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamasaki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Howard is out of range.

Yamasaki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yamasaki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yamasaki controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yamasaki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamasaki content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Yamasaki wants to stand but Howard has his arm trapped.
Yamasaki working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yamasaki cracks Howard with a big elbow.
Howard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yamasaki connects with a decent elbow.
Howard is breathing heavily.

Yamasaki tries for a kimura but Howard is defending well.

Yamasaki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yamasaki is staying tight to Howard's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki working the head with strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yamasaki controlling from side mount.

Yamasaki tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yamasaki working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yamasaki landing a few strikes.
Yamasaki is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Howard will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Yamasaki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yamasaki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Howard is trying to control Yamasaki's posture but Yamasaki avoids it.
Yamasaki controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
It looks like Yamasaki might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Yamasaki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yamasaki swings away with a body shot that misses
and Howard counters with a left and a right that stings Yamasaki.

Yamasaki gets a takedown into half guard.
Howard tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Yamasaki manages to move to mount!
Yamasaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yamasaki tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yamasaki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mario Yamasaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yamasaki looking for a guillotine from mount but Howard is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Yamasaki looking to secure an arm triangle but Howard defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamasaki controlling his opponent.
Yamasaki is continuing to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Howard is looking to get to half guard.

Yamasaki goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Howard is on top in guard.
Howard trying to control but Yamasaki is working from the bottom.
Yamasaki is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki wants to sweep here but Howard controlling him for the moment.
Yamasaki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Yamasaki is looking for a triangle but Howard pushes his legs off easily.
Yamasaki has control of Howard's left arm, preventing Howard from doing any damage.
Yamasaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yamasaki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Howard is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A head kick misses from Howard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Yamasaki shoots in and gets a takedown into Howard's guard.
Yamasaki showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yamasaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Yamasaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Howard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by Yamasaki.

Yamasaki has picked Howard up - he's going for a ride! Yamasaki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Yamasaki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yamasaki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Howard knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yamasaki slows the pace down in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Let's hope that Yamasaki has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Yamasaki there.
Yamasaki perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Yamasaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Yamasaki controlling the action here.
Howard is in trouble now - Yamasaki has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yamasaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yamasaki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yamasaki controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Yamasaki.
Yamasaki controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yamasaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yamasaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yamasaki wants to stand but Howard is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Yamasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yamasaki raining down shots from the mount!
Yamasaki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yamasaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki controlling from mount.
Howard taking shots to the head.

Howard is rocked!
Howard has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

Yamasaki has managed to slip his arm under Howard's chin. This could be all over... yep, Howard is tapping out! Submission win for Yamasaki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mario Yamasaki!