PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mario Yamasaki (ranked 1501 p4p, 1492 weight class) and Julius Kaepernick (ranked 209 p4p, 208 weight class). Julius Kaepernick will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Yamasaki
vs
Kaepernick

167 cm
26
145
8 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
168
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

White Gorilla

White Gorilla
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Yamasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julius Kaepernick!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaepernick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kaepernick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamasaki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Kaepernick looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kaepernick trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kaepernick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kaepernick throwing strikes but missing.
Kaepernick with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kaepernick throws a strike but Yamasaki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kaepernick keeping full guard, as Yamasaki tries to pass.
Yamasaki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kaepernick is proving hard to escape from.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kaepernick is on top in guard.

Yamasaki definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaepernick prevents Yamasaki from getting back to his feet.
Kaepernick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kaepernick is working Yamasaki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kaepernick trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamasaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kaepernick landing some decent shots from guard.
Yamasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kaepernick on the ground.
Kaepernick in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamasaki is trying to keep Kaepernick in close.
Kaepernick connects with a couple of short punches.
Kaepernick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kaepernick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kaepernick postures up in Yamasaki's guard and throws a big left but Yamasaki blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaepernick trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kaepernick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kaepernick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kaepernick connects with a couple of short punches.
Kaepernick postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kaepernick postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kaepernick with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kaepernick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kaepernick stops Yamasaki from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaepernick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kaepernick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yamasaki is breathing heavily.
Kaepernick connects with a couple of short punches.
Kaepernick scoring with some ground and pound.

Yamasaki is rocked!
Kaepernick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oh Yamasaki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kaepernick postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Yamasaki covers up, he's hurt! Kaepernick keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Kaepernick and the ref steps in to end the fight! Kaepernick can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Kaepernick!
During a confident post fight interview, Julius Kaepernick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.