PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hirihito Yoshita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshita comes into the arena with Hole in the wall blaring out of the sound system. Hirihito Yoshita has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yoshita
vs
Masters

185 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hirihito Yoshita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Masters!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yoshita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masters avoids the head kick by Yoshita.
Yoshita fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Masters.
Yoshita scores with a leg kick.
Masters looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshita throws a wild body kick that Masters sees coming a mile off.
Masters closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yoshita circles away.
Yoshita buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Yoshita feints and as Masters raises his hands in defense, Yoshita changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Yoshita is looking to stand up but Masters won't let him.

Masters is working an open guard so Yoshita takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Yoshita throws a right hand that Masters ducks under and follows up with a left that Masters also avoids with ease.
Yoshita throws a head kick that misses.
Yoshita works over Masters's head and body with a nice combination.
Masters blocks a head kick by Yoshita.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yoshita gets a takedown into half guard.
Yoshita seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Masters trying to control here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yoshita wants to stand up but Masters is controlling the position.
Yoshita trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Yoshita decides to return to a standing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshita tries to clinch up.
Yoshita dips to his left and cracks Masters with an uppercut!
Masters with a poor takedown
and Yoshita counters with a body kick that stops Masters in his tracks momentarily.

Yoshita closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Masters's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Masters tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Yoshita stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Yoshita throws a head kick that misses.
Masters misses with a takedown

and Yoshita counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yoshita.
Hirihito Yoshita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Masters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoshita manages to break the clinch.
Yoshita misses with a double jab.
Yoshita swinging wildly here.
Masters throws a low kick, looking for Yoshita's leg but Yoshita calmly moves out of range.
Yoshita lands with a nice body kick.

Yoshita looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Masters!
Yoshita controlling from mount.
Masters wants to hold on but Yoshita pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yoshita is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Masters.
Yoshita fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yoshita throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yoshita misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Masters.
Yoshita throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yoshita attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Masters doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshita circles away.
Masters misses with a takedown

and Yoshita counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Yoshita breaks from the clinch.
Yoshita misses with a head kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Masters takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Masters is looking to clinch but Yoshita is avoiding it.
Yoshita shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Masters as he avoids it easily.
Yoshita keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A jab from Yoshita does it's job there.
Yoshita looks to land a body kick but Masters moved away.
Yoshita with a lazy takedown attempt

and Masters counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Masters trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoshita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Masters prevents Yoshita from getting back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Masters controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Masters prevents Yoshita from getting back to his feet.
Masters working some strikes from top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yoshita throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yoshita throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Masters's waist but Masters gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yoshita off to one side.
Masters shoots for a takedown but Yoshita saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Masters shoots in for a takedown but Yoshita shows good takedown defense.
Masters doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yoshita makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Masters really felt that one!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yoshita.
Yoshita throws a nice inside leg kick.
Masters looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Masters fails with the takedown
and Yoshita counters with a two punch combo.

Yoshita scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yoshita wants to stand but Masters has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Yoshita stands up from half guard.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yoshita.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yoshita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yoshita throws a half hearted mid kick.

Masters gets a takedown into half guard.
Masters is looking to take a break and control but Yoshita is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yoshita wants to get back to his feet.
Yoshita is staying active underneath Masters, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Masters stops Yoshita from getting back to his feet.

Yoshita manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Yoshita does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yoshita is looking to slow Masters down with leg kicks.
Nice takedown defense from Yoshita. No joy for Masters on that attempt.

Yoshita shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Masters napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Masters struggling a bit here.

Yoshita decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masters shoots and misses
and Yoshita cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yoshita.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hirihito Yoshita dominated that round.
That's time! Yoshita's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Yoshita throws an overhand right that lands on Masters's shoulder, as Masters tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshita works over Masters's head and body with a nice combination.
Yoshita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masters's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Masters avoids the head kick by Yoshita.
Masters blocks a low kick nicely.
Masters doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yoshita counters with a series of strikes. Masters will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yoshita throws a lazy head kick

and Masters counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Masters.
Masters controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Masters wants to control from the top but Yoshita keeps moving.
Yoshita on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yoshita tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoshita is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Masters is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yoshita keeping moving, preventing Masters from controlling successfully.
Yoshita is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Masters trying to control but Yoshita is working from the bottom.
Masters won't allow Yoshita to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Masters shoots in and drives through. Yoshita sprawls well.
Yoshita throws a series of strikes that have Masters backpedaling.
Masters shoots in looking for a takedown. Yoshita tries to sprawl out of it but Masters keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Yoshita manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hirihito Yoshita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Masters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Masters has a takedown stuffed.
Masters keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Masters has his takedown stuffed

and Yoshita holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Yoshita escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yoshita has Masters up against the ropes in a clinch.
Masters goes for a takedown attempt but Yoshita pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Yoshita throws a left and a right that both miss

and Masters counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yoshita won't be happy with that.
Masters wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yoshita keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoshita sneaks out the side door and pushes Masters away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Yoshita misses with the combination.
Yoshita tries to score a power double leg takedown but Masters sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yoshita somewhat.
Yoshita pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice sprawl there from Yoshita as Masters shoots in.

Yoshita darts in and clinches Masters up against the ropes.
Masters has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Yoshita breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Yoshita shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Masters's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshita would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Masters punching to the body, from the bottom.

Yoshita stands up from Masters's guard - Yoshita perhaps looking for a knockout.
Yoshita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hirihito Yoshita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yoshita gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Masters decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yoshita's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshita wants to stand up but Masters is controlling him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Masters is working Yoshita over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Masters trying to control but Yoshita is working from the bottom.

Yoshita is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Masters has Yoshita pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Yoshita manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Masters drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yoshita gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Yoshita has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Masters uses from the top position.
Masters wants to control from the top but Yoshita keeps moving.
Yoshita wants to stand up but Masters is controlling him.
Yoshita has a closed guard, preventing Masters from standing up.
Yoshita knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Masters on the ground.
Yoshita keeping moving, preventing Masters from controlling successfully.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yoshita is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Masters misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yoshita misses with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Masters or perhaps it was just good defense by Yoshita which made him look bad.
Yoshita wants to slow Masters down by chopping away at his legs.
Yoshita moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Yoshita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Masters paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Yoshita gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Masters to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Masters controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Masters wants to control from the top but Yoshita keeps moving.
Yoshita wants to stand and escape but Masters is having none of it.
Masters scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Masters trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoshita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yoshita wants to get back to his feet but Masters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Masters trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoshita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Yoshita shoots in and bounces Masters off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.

Masters escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yoshita gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Masters pushes a forearm under Yoshita's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Yoshita is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ken Masters!