QFC Tournament 331 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rigoberto Lamas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yinger Yanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lamas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Brazilian National Anthem. Yinger Yanger will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lamas
vs
Yanger

170 cm
19
186 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rigoberto Lamas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yinger Yanger!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Yanger.
Lamas sneaks back into half guard.
Yanger 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.
Lamas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yanger's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yanger's back!
Lamas misses with an elbow to the head.

Yanger preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Lamas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yanger defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Yanger showing good submission defense here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lamas tightening his grip on Yanger, looking for the choke.

Lamas is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Yanger preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Lamas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanger trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lamas's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Lamas is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Yanger has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Lamas working for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lamas patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Yanger is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Lamas gets his way!
Lamas not allowing Yanger to control his hands.

Lamas patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lamas working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Yanger trying to control the hands but Lamas breaks the grip.

Lamas working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Lamas has got one arm under Yanger's chin. This could be trouble... Yanger trying to control the other hand but Lamas gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Yanger has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rigoberto Lamas!
Rigoberto Lamas bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
41%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wander Leijonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Goins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wander Leijonen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rich Goins's chin.

Leijonen
vs
Goins

184 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
191 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wander Leijonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rich Goins!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leijonen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Goins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Goins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Rich Goins has been cut.
Leijonen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Leijonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Goins.
Goins misses with a kick to the body.
Wander Leijonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leijonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick there by Leijonen.
Leijonen lands a nice shot that snaps Goins's head back.
Leijonen cracks Goins with a hook to the temple - Goins is on wobbly legs here! Leijonen swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Goins falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Leijonen wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wander Leijonen!
During a confident post fight interview, Wander Leijonen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.