PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruud Blaylock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulohot Yokohama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yokohama's choice of entrance music: Metallica - All Nightmare Long. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Blaylock
vs
Yokohama

183 cm
21
178 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

178 cm
28
177 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruud Blaylock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hulohot Yokohama!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaylock tries to clinch but Yokohama is having none of it.
Blaylock tries to clinch but Yokohama moves out of range.
Blaylock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaylock tries to clinch
and Yokohama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yokohama bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blaylock's head.
Yokohama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blaylock. That did some damage!
Yokohama lands with a shot to the body.
Yokohama circles away from the clinch attempt.

Blaylock darts in and clinches Yokohama up against the cage.
Blaylock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yokohama is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yokohama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaylock avoids it.
A short right from Yokohama on the inside.
Yokohama lands a nice uppercut.
Yokohama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.

Blaylock breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaylock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruud Blaylock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Yokohama there.
Yokohama lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick by Blaylock misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yokohama lands a right hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Yokohama.
Blaylock is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaylock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blaylock tries to clinch
and Yokohama counters with an inside leg kick.
Yokohama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blaylock. Blaylock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yokohama connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yokohama moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yokohama scores with the left hand. Blaylock knows he should have avoided that one.
Yokohama throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blaylock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blaylock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yokohama counters with a leg kick.
Blaylock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama lands with a nice body kick.
Blaylock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yokohama fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blaylock on the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yokohama. That's going to slow Blaylock down.
Yokohama fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yokohama connects with a single shot there.
Blaylock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blaylock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yokohama.
Blaylock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yokohama fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blaylock takes one to the chin there.
Yokohama catches Blaylock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Blaylock is rocked!
Yokohama walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Blaylock drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Yokohama swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Blaylock's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulohot Yokohama!