PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between RInger Zinc (ranked 1942 p4p, 2266 weight class) and Rogerio Yamamoto (ranked 206 p4p, 243 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Zinc
vs
Yamamoto

165 cm
27
153
8 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
150
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, RInger Zinc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogerio Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yamamoto darts in and clinches Zinc up against the cage.
Zinc swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like RInger Zinc has been cut.
Zinc avoids the elbow strike from Yamamoto, against the cage.
Zinc blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zinc fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Zinc fails to land.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamamoto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zinc throws a head punch that misses.
Zinc misses with some punches.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zinc's defenses.
Yamamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zinc is defending well for now.
Zinc avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zinc lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamoto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinc lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yamamoto.
I was talking to Zinc's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zinc avoids the elbow strike from Yamamoto, against the cage.
Yamamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zinc throws a head punch that misses.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Zinc in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
A head punch on the inside from Zinc fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zinc on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zinc.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zinc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zinc.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Zinc.
Zinc misses with some punches.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Zinc shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zinc's brow.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zinc.
Zinc misses with the head strike.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto misses with a body punch.
Yamamoto has Zinc pressed against the cage.
Yamamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Zinc being controlled against the cage.
Yamamoto lands a nice elbow.
Yamamoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

RInger Zinc's cut is getting worse.
A head punch on the inside from Zinc fails to land.
Yamamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Zinc avoids the damage to the body.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Zinc avoids the elbow strike from Yamamoto, against the cage.
Zinc lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yamamoto blocking some punches.
Zinc misses with the head strike.
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Zinc in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zinc creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
Come on Yamamoto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yamamoto crunches a lovely knee into Zinc's ribcage.
Yamamoto looking to stall.
Zinc blocks an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zinc blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Yamamoto.
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc throws a head punch that misses.
Zinc blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zinc lands with a short shot to the head.
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 RInger Zinc will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on RInger Zinc's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Zinc takes the fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zinc as Yamamoto tries to tie him up.
Zinc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zinc misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zinc fails to land.
Yamamoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Zinc working aggressively here.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Zinc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
A short right from Zinc on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
Zinc blocks an elbow strike.
RInger Zinc has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinc lands a left hand.
Yamamoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zinc avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto taking a breather.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow strike.
Zinc takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto.
Zinc avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc gets through Yamamoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Zinc misses with some punches.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Zinc swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinc blocks the elbow strike.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is trying to stall.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zinc lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zinc avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamamoto tries to stall but Zinc uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zinc softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zinc blocks a body shot from Yamamoto.
Zinc lands a nice uppercut.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zinc working aggressively here.
Yamamoto blocks an uppercut.
Zinc misses with the head strike.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zinc makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zinc throws a head punch that misses.
Zinc takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zinc lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zinc blocks the elbow strike.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.

RInger Zinc's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Zinc lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamamoto backwards.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses.
Yamamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
Zinc working aggressively here.
Zinc is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamamoto can do to turn this around?
Zinc misses with the head strike.
Yamamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zinc blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zinc lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Zinc avoids the elbow strike from Yamamoto, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
Zinc lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yamamoto trying to control the position but instead, Zinc has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yamamoto into the cage.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamamoto lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, RInger Zinc's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zinc's brow.
Zinc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Zinc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zinc is defending well for now.
Zinc dodges an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Rogerio Yamamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
RInger Zinc showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zinc has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 20:18
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 20:18
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 20:18

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... RInger Zinc!
A very excited looking RInger Zinc made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.