PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuuji Hoshino (ranked 2001 p4p, 1828 weight class) and Vishis Vourture (ranked 136 p4p, 132 weight class). Yuuji Hoshino had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hoshino
vs
Vourture

168 cm
36
140
19 - 15 - 0

163 cm
25
130
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Wrestler Wayfare

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuji Hoshino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vishis Vourture!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vourture misses with a body kick.
Vishis Vourture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vourture darts in and clinches Hoshino up against the cage.
Vourture tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hoshino tries to throw a body punch but Vourture avoids it by throwing Hoshino back against the cage.
Vourture has Hoshino pushed against the cage.
Vourture throws a head punch that misses.
Vourture crunches a lovely knee into Hoshino's ribcage.
Vourture throws an elbow but it misses.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hoshino fails to land.
Vourture trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hoshino.

Vourture pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vourture tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoshino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Hoshino wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vourture avoids the body shot from Hoshino.
Vourture throws a lazy uppercut
and Hoshino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vourture doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoshino circles away.
Vourture will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vourture scores with a head kick. Hoshino tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hoshino cracks Vourture with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hoshino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hoshino takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hoshino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vourture looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vourture tries to clinch but Hoshino moves out of range.
Vourture misses the shot to the body.
Vourture misses the body punch
and Hoshino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vourture thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vourture looks for the body kick but Hoshino saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Hoshino on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hoshino misses the shot to the body.
Vourture throws a shot from downtown. Hoshino moves away and avoids it.
Hoshino looks to score with a jab to the body but Vourture is just out of range.
Hoshino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoshino smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoshino. Vourture does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoshino is looking to wear down Vourture with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hoshino takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Vourture drives through and clinches with Hoshino against the cage.
Vourture looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hoshino lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Vourture.
Hoshino has Vourture pressed against the cage, preventing Vourture from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vourture lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino scores with a nice hook to the head.
I was talking to Hoshino's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hoshino can't find room to land a body shot as Vourture controls the action.
Hoshino avoiding damage as Vourture throws knees to the body.
Vourture presses Hoshino against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vourture is trying to maintain a safe position but Hoshino gets an underhook and turns Vourture into the cage.
Hoshino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vourture working aggressively here.
Vourture connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoshino's face.
Hoshino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vourture has had enough of the clinch but Hoshino keeps him there for the moment.
Vourture tries a knee to the head but Hoshino blocks it.
Vourture missing with knees to the body.
Vourture is trying to break the clinch but Hoshino has him pressed against the cage.
Vourture throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoshino blocks it with crossed arms.
Vourture missing with knees to the body.
Vourture tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hoshino on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Vourture.
Vourture wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoshino scores with a shoulder strike.
Hoshino misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Hoshino.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoshino managing to block the knees to the body from Vourture.
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Hoshino is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vourture obliges.
Vourture trying to land knees to the body.
Hoshino can't find room to land a body shot as Vourture controls the action.
Hoshino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Vourture pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Vourture has closed the distance and engaged Hoshino in a clinch.
Hoshino throws a punch but it's blocked by Vourture.
Vourture with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vishis Vourture will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hoshino throws a low kick, looking for Vourture's leg but Vourture calmly moves out of range.
Vourture looks to throw a body kick
and Hoshino counters with a nice uppercut.
Vourture moves in looking to clinch but Hoshino pushes him off.
Hoshino lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hoshino blocks a head kick by Vourture.
An attempted straight right counter from Hoshino misses the target.
Vourture throws a lazy head kick
and Hoshino connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vourture moves in looking to clinch but Hoshino pushes him off.
A jab from Vourture does it's job there.

Vourture tries to keep at a distance but Hoshino has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoshino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoshino misses with a punch on the inside.
Vourture blocking some punches.
Vishis Vourture seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vourture lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Vourture's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vourture has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hoshino finds it's way round the side to connect with Vourture's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vourture wants to clinch up but Hoshino keeps it at a distance.
Vourture will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hoshino connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hoshino scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hoshino circles away from the clinch attempt.

Vourture forces Hoshino back against the cage and clinches.
Hoshino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vourture up against the cage.
Hoshino is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vourture connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hoshino.
A head punch on the inside from Vourture fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino misses with a punch on the inside.
Vourture pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hoshino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vourture backwards.
Vourture stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Vourture.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Hoshino is blocking nicely.
Hoshino working aggressively here.
Vourture misses with an elbow strike.
Hoshino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hoshino softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vourture throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoshino.
Hoshino stalling in the clinch but Vourture improves position.
Vourture cracks Hoshino with a nice body shot.
Vourture is trying to break the clinch but Hoshino has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Vourture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vourture connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoshino's face.
Hoshino misses with some punches.
Vourture tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vourture with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoshino misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Hoshino.
Vourture using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoshino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoshino.
Nice body punch from Hoshino.
Vourture misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoshino.
Vourture misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoshino is working Vourture over against the cage.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoshino avoids it.
Hoshino on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoshino lands a right hand.
Hoshino throws a punch but it's blocked by Vourture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Hoshino is blocking nicely.
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Hoshino is blocking nicely.
Vourture slowing the pace effectively.
Hoshino has a couple of punches blocked by Vourture.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vourture tries a knee to the head but Hoshino blocks it.
Vourture misses with a body punch.
Hoshino is leaning against Vourture and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hoshino content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vourture throws a head punch that misses.
Hoshino slows down the pace here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hoshino takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vourture wants to break free but Hoshino has control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yuuji Hoshino will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Vourture rushes Hoshino and presses him up against the cage.
Hoshino lands a left hand.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the head but Hoshino blocks with his arms.

Vourture manages to break the clinch.
Vourture swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vourture throws a head kick but Hoshino moves out of range.
Hoshino avoids a kick to the body.
Vourture throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vourture!

Hoshino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vourture, pushing him back against the cage.
Vourture misses with a knee strike.
Vourture blocks an uppercut.
Hoshino stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vourture breaks the clinch.
Vourture tries to clinch up
and Hoshino counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshino avoids the head kick by Vourture.
Vourture tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hoshino counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Vourture moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vourture throws an elbow but misses.
Hoshino lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hoshino creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vourture throws a head punch that misses.
Hoshino letting Vourture take a breather here.

Vourture pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hoshino scores with a jab to the body.
Vourture blocks a head kick by Hoshino.
Hoshino avoids the body shot from Vourture.
Hoshino is looking to counter the offense by Vourture and move into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vourture fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vourture tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vourture throws a jab when Hoshino was well out of range.

Vourture clinches up with Hoshino and pushes him back against the cage.
Hoshino lands with a right to the head.
Vourture tries to break free but Hoshino pushes him back against the cage.
Vourture throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Hoshino scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hoshino misses with the head strike.
Vourture throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoshino misses with some punches.
Vourture throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Hoshino is blocking nicely.
Hoshino lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hoshino lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoshino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vourture lands an elbow that stopped Hoshino in his tracks for a moment.
Hoshino holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vourture effectively controlling the action here.
Vourture blocks an uppercut.
Hoshino blocks an elbow strike.
Hoshino has a couple of punches blocked by Vourture.

Vourture breaks the clinch.
Vourture tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoshino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vourture throws a head kick that misses.
Vourture throws a sloppy head kick and Hoshino moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vourture takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hoshino fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vourture is looking to clinch.
Vourture fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vourture moves in looking to clinch but Hoshino pushes him off.
A head kick from Hoshino lands but Vourture takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vourture takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vourture wants to clinch up but Hoshino keeps it at a distance.
Hoshino looks to score with a jab to the body but Vourture is just out of range.
Vourture throws a combination that misses
enabling Hoshino to counter with a crisp jab.
Hoshino throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Vourture fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoshino, pushing him back against the cage.
Vourture looking to slow down the pace here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuuji Hoshino showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hoshino has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Yuuji Hoshino!
During a confident post fight interview, Yuuji Hoshino thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.