PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kato Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato Yamamoto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Yamamoto
vs
Dos Santos

168 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
148 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kato Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dos Santos duly obliges.
Yamamoto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yamamoto cracks Dos Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Yamamoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamamoto blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination

and Yamamoto counters by moving into the clinch.
Yamamoto slowing the pace effectively.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Yamamoto throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling him.
Dos Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yamamoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yamamoto as Dos Santos tries to tie him up.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto can't get the takedown.
Yamamoto tries to score a body lock takedown but Dos Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos wants to break free but Yamamoto has control.
Yamamoto goes for a takedown attempt but Dos Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kato Yamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yamamoto.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.

Yamamoto gets a clinch.
Yamamoto wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Yamamoto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dos Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Yamamoto is controlling him.
Yamamoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Dos Santos controls his hands.
Dos Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yamamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dos Santos's efforts to push away.
Dos Santos tries to break the clinch but Yamamoto is controlling the position.
Yamamoto is looking for a takedown.

Yamamoto successfully pulls guard.
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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dos Santos looking to sit in guard and control but Yamamoto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Yamamoto passes into half guard.
Yamamoto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Yamamoto has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Yamamoto is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Dos Santos is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kato Yamamoto!