PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fri Day (ranked 4289 p4p, 170 weight class) and Leonardo Yoshi (ranked 4379 p4p, 173 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Day
vs
Yoshi

170 cm
20
135 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
27
139 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fri Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonardo Yoshi!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshi tries to clinch but Day moves away
enabling Day to counter with a crisp jab.
Day definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yoshi with a poor takedown
and Day counters with a straight right hand.
Day with a jab.
Day scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Day works the jab nicely.
Yoshi shoots in but Day avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Day keeps the fight on the outside.
Yoshi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yoshi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Day lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshi shoots in for a takedown but Day shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fri Day has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonardo Yoshi.
Yoshi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yoshi walks into a jab.
Yoshi fails with an attempt to clinch.

Yoshi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Day is looking to stand back up but Yoshi counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Day.
Day might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Day is looking to control Yoshi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Day avoid being mounted?
Day slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Day working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yoshi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yoshi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Day has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yoshi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Day is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Yoshi frees his head nicely. Oh but Day has switched to an armbar! Yoshi is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Fri Day!
In defeat, Leonardo Yoshi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Impossible '.