PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kira Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto has chosen gorillaz - clint eastwood as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silver
vs
Yamamoto

180 cm
21
192 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

184 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kira Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto looks to land a combination but Silver avoids it well.
Yamamoto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silver!
Silver swinging wilding here.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Silver shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Yamamoto has control of Silver's left arm, preventing Silver from doing any damage.
Silver prevents Yamamoto from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver postures up.
Silver being controlled here momentarily.
Silver wants to control from the top but Yamamoto keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silver takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Silver closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silver throws an elbow but Yamamoto slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is trying to get back to half guard.
Silver misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silver is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto wants to control but Silver postures up.
Yamamoto regains half guard.
Silver is thwarting Yamamoto's attempts to control the position.
Yamamoto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silver.
Yamamoto slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silver looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Yamamoto is controlling Silver's posture.
Silver throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yamamoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silver wants to control from the top but Yamamoto keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yamamoto has a closed guard, preventing Silver from standing up.
Yamamoto striking off his back but it's not causing Silver any problems.
Yamamoto is controlling Silver's posture.
Yamamoto wants to stand but Silver is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silver shoots for a takedown but Yamamoto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Silver dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yamamoto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Yamamoto darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Silver pushes Yamamoto off and gets back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yamamoto.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.

Yamamoto clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamamoto changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silver fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yamamoto!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silver as he avoids it easily.

Silver bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silver cracks Yamamoto with a big elbow.

Silver is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yamamoto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Yamamoto is looking to reverse the position.

Silver wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yamamoto, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver wants to control but Yamamoto is keeping him busy.

Silver tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silver has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Yamamoto's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Silver decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a combination that misses

and Yamamoto counters with a shoot takedown. Silver fights it but they end up in guard.
Yamamoto won't allow Silver to sweep him here.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silver is trying to keep Yamamoto in close.

Silver had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Yamamoto is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Silver Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Yamamoto's back instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying to stick to Yamamoto's back but Yamamoto is turning into Silver. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Silver's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Yamamoto.

Silver looking for a guillotine here but Yamamoto defends easily.

Silver has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Yamamoto should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Silver has tightened it up now! Yamamoto should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jon Silver!