PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yamamoto Takiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos has chosen Garota de Ipanema as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Takiyama
vs
Santos

176 cm
32
175 lbs
13 - 10 - 2

175 cm
21
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 13 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Yamamoto Takiyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takiyama fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Takiyama.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Takiyama backpedaling.

It looks like Yamamoto Takiyama has been cut.

Takiyama pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Takiyama blocks a body shot from Santos.
A short body shot lands from Santos as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos lands a jab.
Takiyama tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Takiyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Takiyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Santos misses with a double jab.

Santos sends Takiyama crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Santos is motioning to the referee to let Takiyama up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Takiyama is rocked!

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Takiyama has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Takiyama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Takiyama tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Takiyama drops back down to his feet.
Santos stalling against the cage.
Takiyama seems to have got his legs back now.

Takiyama manages to pull guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Santos is sitting in close to Takiyama's body. Takiyama has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Santos is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Santos is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Takiyama.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Yamamoto Takiyama!
An out of breath Yamamoto Takiyama thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Neymar Santos stepped up to the mic, saying 'Merda!'.