PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jinhai Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hate Me Now. Matt Santos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Yoshida
vs
Santos

190 cm
31
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
205 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jinhai Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Santos!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yoshida lands the left hand.

It looks like Matt Santos has been cut.
Santos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santos feints and then cracks Yoshida's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yoshida down.
Yoshida thumps Santos with a low kick.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Yoshida sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jinhai Yoshida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Santos.
Yoshida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos throws the kick towards the body but Yoshida avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos looks to land a body kick but Yoshida moved away.
Yoshida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yoshida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoshida stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
Matt Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yoshida blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshida managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jinhai Yoshida has been cut.
Nice body punch from Yoshida.
Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Yoshida blocks with his arms.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Yoshida blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Yoshida.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yoshida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoshida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
A left hand lands to the body for Yoshida.
Santos looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Yoshida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Yoshida.

Santos is rocked!
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoshida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Yoshida finish him?
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yoshida.
Yoshida lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yoshida blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Yoshida.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Yoshida is blocking nicely.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yoshida.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos avoiding damage as Yoshida throws knees to the body.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoshida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoshida lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.

That has opened up Matt Santos's cut even more.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yoshida digs a right hand underneath Santos's ribcage. Santos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yoshida scores a nice knee to the body.
Yoshida lands with a light punch inside.
Yoshida lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.

The cut above Matt Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice body punch from Yoshida - that landed with a thud.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yoshida avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yoshida lands an elbow inside.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Matt Santos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Yoshida lands a knee to the body.
Yoshida tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Yoshida lands a body shot.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the body.

Yoshida drops Santos onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Santos is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Yoshida working Santos over with knees to the body.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Yoshida creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Santos's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Santos drops to his knees and Yoshida pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jinhai Yoshida!
An out of breath Jinhai Yoshida thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.