PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carter Lantz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Yamaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jax Yamaha has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carter Lantz's chin.

Lantz
vs
Yamaha

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carter Lantz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jax Yamaha!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lantz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yamaha sprawls well initially but Lantz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Yamaha trying to get back to full guard but Lantz takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Yamaha is desperately trying to improve his position but Lantz has a good base and remains in mount.
Lantz avoids the attempt from Yamaha to control.
Lantz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yamaha wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lantz.
Yamaha is squirming around, avoiding Lantz's attempts to control the action.
Yamaha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lantz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yamaha on the ground.
Lantz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Lantz is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Yamaha has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Yamaha!
Yamaha trying to control but Lantz is working from the bottom.
Lantz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaha scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yamaha won't allow Lantz to get back to his feet.
Yamaha is in close to Lantz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lantz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yamaha.

Yamaha got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lantz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Yamaha has managed to get both his arms back between Lantz's legs - danger averted.
Lantz is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lantz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaha is in close to Lantz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lantz being controlled here, momentarily.
Yamaha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yamaha loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yamaha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lantz's head.
Yamaha stands up over Lantz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yamaha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lantz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yamaha landing some decent shots from guard.

Lantz is rocked!
Yamaha postures up and lands a big shot to Lantz's brow.
Oh Lantz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamaha is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Yamaha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaha arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Lantz's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jax Yamaha!