PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rukter Demenok (ranked 3541 p4p, 100 weight class) and Red Yabaite (ranked 6185 p4p, 153 weight class). Demenok comes to the cage accompanied by The Lighthouse Speech. Rukter Demenok has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Demenok
vs
Yabaite

168 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

162 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Yabaite!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demenok cracks Yabaite with an open hand slap.
Yabaite tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Demenok manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yabaite is looking to clinch but Demenok is avoiding it.
Yabaite moves in looking to clinch but Demenok pushes him off.
Yabaite takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yabaite tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demenok throws a body kick that misses.
Yabaite throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Good standup being displayed there by Demenok as he connects with a hook.

Demenok moves into the clinch successfully.
Yabaite swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Demenok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Demenok connects with a right hand. Yabaite shakes it off.
Demenok lands a slapping body shot.
Demenok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demenok throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Demenok lands a jab to the head.

Demenok gets tackled into the cage by Yabaite. Yabaite maintains the clinch.
Demenok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yabaite.

Demenok breaks the clinch.
Demenok scores with a body shot.
Yabaite on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good shot there by Demenok.

Demenok clinches up against the cage.
Yabaite swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Yabaite controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Yabaite - that landed with a thud.
Yabaite misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yabaite misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yabaite misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Yabaite.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok scores with a nice hook to the head.
Demenok lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Demenok.
Yabaite misses with a punch on the inside.
Yabaite tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demenok's elbow.
Yabaite misses with a punch on the inside.
Yabaite goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yabaite tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yabaite throws a head punch that misses.
Demenok lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Demenok breaks the clinch.
Demenok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yabaite moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yabaite on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yabaite takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demenok scores with a nice right hand.
Demenok tests Yabaite's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Demenok scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yabaite in his tracks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rukter Demenok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Demenok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rukter Demenok!
Rukter Demenok decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.