PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Yamazaki (ranked 3764 p4p, 2760 weight class) and Ricardo Anora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anora comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LXST CXNTURY - AMNESIA kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ricardo Anora has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Yamazaki
vs
Anora

188 cm
19
205
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
28
212
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Yamazaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Anora!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamazaki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Ricardo Anora has been cut.

Anora tries to keep at a distance but Yamazaki has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamazaki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anora is working for takedown but Yamazaki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yamazaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yamazaki lands a shoulder strike.
Yamazaki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice body punch from Yamazaki - that landed with a thud.
Anora is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yamazaki to keep the fight standing.
Kenji Yamazaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Anora.
Yamazaki lands with a right to the head.
Anora is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yamazaki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yamazaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anora fails to pull guard.
Still in the clinch, Yamazaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anora tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anora looks winded!
Good body shot from Yamazaki.
Yamazaki lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamazaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anora wants a takedown.
Yamazaki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamazaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short left from Yamazaki.
Good body shot from Yamazaki.
Yamazaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yamazaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamazaki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yamazaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Anora backwards.
Anora avoiding damage as Yamazaki throws knees to the body.
Yamazaki lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamazaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamazaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yamazaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamazaki.
A right hook to the body lands for Yamazaki.
Yamazaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Yamazaki.

That has opened up Ricardo Anora's cut even more.
A short right from Yamazaki on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamazaki lands a right hand.
Yamazaki digs a right hand underneath Anora's ribcage. Anora let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yamazaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Yamazaki.
Anora is looking to take this one to the mat.
Yamazaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Anora backwards.
Yamazaki lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamazaki.
A short left from Yamazaki.
Yamazaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anora.
Yamazaki missing with knees to the body.
Yamazaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Yamazaki.
Yamazaki stops a takedown attempt from Anora.
Yamazaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yamazaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamazaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Yamazaki.

Anora is rocked!

The cut above Ricardo Anora's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Yamazaki drops Anora onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Anora is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Anora is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamazaki finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamazaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamazaki looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamazaki.
Anora tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamazaki smiles and moves away.
Crack! Yamazaki connects with the perfect overhand right and Anora falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Yamazaki!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kenji Yamazaki!
The defeated Ricardo Anora had this to say: 'he did a really good job, he was the better fighter today, congrats to him, all the respect'.