PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between William Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diagoro Yabaisama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dead Man. Yabaisama has chosen Liquid Swords as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blake
vs
Yabaisama

160 cm
26
141 lbs
18 - 10 - 2

163 cm
27
145 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, William Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Diagoro Yabaisama!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yabaisama.
Yabaisama throws a solid leg kick but Blake takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yabaisama.
Blake scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yabaisama defending well as Blake loads up on a big left hand.
Blake scores with a body shot.
Blake throws a leg kick but Yabaisama sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yabaisama throws a hook but Blake blocks it.
Blake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yabaisama. That's going to slow Blake down.
Yabaisama's coach down at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yabaisama's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Yabaisama misses with a low kick as Blake jumps back.
Blake throws a hook but Yabaisama blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yabaisama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blake has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
Yabaisama attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blake tried to counter with a leg kick but Yabaisama avoided it.
Blake lands with a nice body kick.
Blake throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diagoro Yabaisama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yabaisama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blake is looking to land body kicks.
Blake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Yabaisama does it's job there.
Yabaisama missing with a left hand there. Blake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blake slips under a jab.

Blake fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yabaisama to the ground. Blake is now in Yabaisama's guard.

Yabaisama looking for subs off his back but Blake has passed one foot through into half guard.
Blake throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama trying to control from the bottom.
Yabaisama is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Blake wants to work for an arm triangle but Yabaisama is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Blake trying to mount his opponent but Yabaisama defends it.
Blake is trying to control the action in half guard but Yabaisama is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake prevents Yabaisama from improving his position.

Yabaisama looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yabaisama on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yabaisama manages to get to full guard.
Blake's corner is telling him to maintain position.

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.
Blake looking to pass the guard.

Yabaisama has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blake can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Blake landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blake sitting in guard here, content to control.
Yabaisama doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Blake dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yabaisama throws a body kick that misses.
Yabaisama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good leg kick by Blake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Blake.
Yabaisama throws an off balance right hand
and Blake makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yabaisama misses with a straight right.
Blake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yabaisama can do to turn this around?
Yabaisama throws a hook but Blake avoids it easily.
Blake throws a quick counter kick to the body but Yabaisama avoids it.
The fighters circling - Yabaisama throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Blake is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Yabaisama's half guard.
Blake working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blake seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Blake seems to be working for a kimura but Yabaisama defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake prevents Yabaisama from improving his position.
Yabaisama wants to control but Blake is keeping busy.
Yabaisama is looking for a sweep. Blake is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Blake wants to work for an arm triangle but Yabaisama is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Yabaisama is trying to control but can't.
Blake tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yabaisama knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yabaisama is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Blake's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Blake's back!
Blake wants to escape the position.
Blake trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama has the hooks in. Blake is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Yabaisama is not going to allow Blake to sit and survive in this position.
Yabaisama has the hooks in. Blake is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
A lull in the action here.
Blake tries to escape the position.
Blake breaks Yabaisama's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama keeping moving, preventing Blake from controlling successfully.
Blake won't allow Yabaisama to sweep him here.

Yabaisama looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Blake is working Yabaisama over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Yabaisama looking for a triangle here. Blake is fighting it but it looks tight! Yabaisama pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Blake is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Diagoro Yabaisama!
A very excited looking Diagoro Yabaisama made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.