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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shinichi Yanagida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Lau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lau has chosen Why Can't We Be Friends? as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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153 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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168 cm
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157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinichi Yanagida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Lau!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanagida looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yanagida drops back looking for a leg! Lau is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lau manages to kick Yanagida off! Yanagida jumps back into Lau's guard.
Yanagida looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yanagida trying to move into half guard but instead Lau has managed to sweep!
Yanagida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lau avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yanagida throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lau trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lau trying to control but Yanagida is working from the bottom.
Lau preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yanagida bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lau's guard.
Yanagida drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Lau manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Yanagida has Lau in his guard.
Lau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lau wants to control from the top but Yanagida keeps moving.
Lau avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lau wants to control from the top but Yanagida keeps moving.
Lau with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lau working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lau trying to control the position from guard on top but Yanagida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yanagida has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Lau doesn't defend quickly enough and Yanagida has managed to lock this one up! Can Lau escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Yanagida on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Shinichi Yanagida!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
55% |
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