PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samer Talib (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Talib
vs
Yamamoto

181 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Samer Talib!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takeshi Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talib will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yamamoto stalks Talib and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Talib's face. Talib staggers backwards, shaken.
Yamamoto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yamamoto lunges at Talib with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Talib's hand.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch but Talib swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yamamoto misses with a few strikes there.

Yamamoto drops Talib with a nice combination! Yamamoto dives into Talib's guard, looking to finish!

Talib is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Talib is working an open guard so Yamamoto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Oh Talib is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Yamamoto has Talib up against the cage in a clinch.

Yamamoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Talib takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Yamamoto sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Talib bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Takeshi Yamamoto!