PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jony Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Yuki Yamamoto was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Mann
vs
Yamamoto

173 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

188 cm
32
206 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

GREEN!160

Beaver Jooce!

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jony Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yuki Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mann has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mann will feel that in the morning.
Yamamoto thows a leg kick but Mann checks it

and Mann counters with a takedown into side control.
Mann is chipping away with strikes.
Yamamoto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yamamoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've been hearing that Mann has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mann lands a few punches from side control.
Mann lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamamoto is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mann is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto is bucking up trying to escape but Mann cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yamamoto is looking to get to half guard.
Mann looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mann has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yamamoto tries to hold on but Mann pushes him away.
Mann connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mann tries to control but Yamamoto wriggling away.
Yamamoto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mann. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mann scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Yamamoto is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mann cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yamamoto is still in real trouble! Can Mann finish him?
Mann postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Yamamoto in real trouble here! The ref calls for Yamamoto to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jony Mann!