PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Toa Mudo (ranked 22277 p4p, 4808 weight class) and Tomoya Yamamoto (ranked 259 p4p, 155 weight class). Mudo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rise-Disturbed. This should be fireworks!

Mudo
vs
Yamamoto

225 cm
31
300
4 - 8 - 0

180 cm
19
219
1 - 1 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toa Mudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomoya Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mudo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yamamoto takes one to the chin there.
Mudo connects with a looping right hand.
A cross from Mudo lands.
Mudo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mudo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yamamoto under the eye.
Mudo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yamamoto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mudo is out of range and Yamamoto settles back down.
Yamamoto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mudo lunges at Yamamoto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamamoto's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Mudo finds it's way through Yamamoto's defenses.
Toa Mudo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Mudo finds it's target.
Mudo lands a jab.
Mudo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamamoto throws a right and a left that Mudo avoids nicely.
Mudo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick
and Mudo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mudo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamamoto moves to clinch but Mudo breaks away
and Mudo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mudo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yamamoto momentarily.
Mudo lunges at Yamamoto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamamoto's hand.

Yamamoto is rocked!
Mudo cracks Yamamoto with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Yamamoto is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Yamamoto is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Yamamoto could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Toa Mudo!
After winning the bout, Toa Mudo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.