PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chad Yonic (ranked 3144 p4p, 4952 weight class) and Sheev Palpatine (ranked 453 p4p, 0 weight class). Palpatine has chosen I am the Senate as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Yonic
vs
Palpatine

168 cm
30
160
12 - 9 - 0

176 cm
36
160
12 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Big Dog Gains 160Q $225

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Yonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sheev Palpatine!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palpatine thows a body kick. Yonic tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Palpatine lunges at Yonic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yonic's hand.

Yonic rushes Palpatine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yonic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palpatine misses with a body punch.
Yonic can't find room to land a body shot as Palpatine controls the action.
Yonic tries to throw a body punch but Palpatine avoids it by throwing Yonic back against the cage.
Palpatine is pressed up against the cage. Yonic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Palpatine down to the mat. Palpatine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yonic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palpatine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yonic moves in looking to clinch but Palpatine pushes him off.
Yonic wants to clinch but Palpatine slips to the side
and Palpatine counters with a low kick, right behind Yonic 's knee.
Yonic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Palpatine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yonic lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Palpatine.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palpatine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yonic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Palpatine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yonic misses the shot to the body.
Yonic wants to clinch up but Palpatine keeps it at a distance.
Yonic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yonic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Palpatine.
Palpatine stuns Yonic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Palpatine throws a body punch but Yonic moves out of range.
Palpatine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palpatine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yonic's head backwards.
Palpatine tries to work over Yonic's front leg with a kick but Yonic checks it.
Yonic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Palpatine defending well as Yonic loads up on a big left hand.
Palpatine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yonic was well out of range. Poor timing from Palpatine.

Yonic clinches.
A shot in the inside from Palpatine.
Yonic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palpatine backwards.
Palpatine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yonic.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yonic lands a hook that snaps the head of Palpatine backwards.
Yonic blocking some punches.
Yonic pushes Palpatine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palpatine blocks an uppercut.
Palpatine misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yonic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yonic avoids the elbow strike from Palpatine, against the cage.
Yonic misses with a punch on the inside.
Yonic misses with the head strike.
Palpatine blocks an uppercut.
Yonic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yonic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palpatine tries to throw a body punch but Yonic avoids it by throwing Palpatine back against the cage.
Yonic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yonic fails to land.
Palpatine misses with the head strike.

Palpatine breaks the clinch.
Yonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palpatine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yonic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palpatine slips under a jab from Yonic.
Palpatine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palpatine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Palpatine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yonic is looking to clinch.
Palpatine looks to score with a jab to the body but Yonic is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yonic ducks under a wild hook from Palpatine.
Yonic cracks a nice hook into Palpatine's ribs.
Yonic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palpatine.
Palpatine scores with a jab to the body.
Yonic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palpatine manages to avoid it.
Yonic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Palpatine jabs Yonic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Palpatine throws the kick towards the body but Yonic avoids it.
Palpatine loads up on a big right hand but Yonic slips the punch.
Yonic is looking to counter the offense by Palpatine and move into the clinch.
Palpatine misses with a hook.
Palpatine slips a jab and a cross from Yonic.

Yonic has closed the distance and engaged Palpatine in a clinch.

Palpatine manages to break the clinch.
Palpatine lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yonic takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palpatine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yonic.
Sloppy strikes from Palpatine. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yonic avoids the body shot from Palpatine.
Yonic 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.
Yonic scores with a decent looking hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yonic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yonic wants to clinch up but Palpatine keeps it at a distance.
Yonic misses with a double jab.
Yonic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yonic moves out of range of the strikes.
Yonic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yonic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Palpatine misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yonic blocks the body kick.
Yonic connects with a body shot that sends Palpatine's belly button to the back.
Palpatine is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yonic rather than just go for the knockout.
Palpatine misses with a leg kick.
Palpatine swats away the attempt to clinch by Yonic.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sheev Palpatine will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Palpatine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Palpatine lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yonic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yonic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Palpatine thows a body kick. Yonic tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Yonic moves into the clinch.
Chad Yonic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Palpatine lands an elbow just above Yonic 's eye.
We've been informed that Palpatine has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Palpatine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palpatine working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Yonic.
Palpatine tries to circle away but Yonic has him pinned against the cage.
Yonic misses with a punch to the body.
Yonic misses with a punch on the inside.
Yonic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palpatine misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palpatine can't find room to land a body shot as Yonic controls the action.
Palpatine lands a nice shot to the body.
Yonic misses with the head strike.

Palpatine breaks the clinch.
Palpatine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Palpatine counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palpatine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yonic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Palpatine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Palpatine throws a front kick that sends Yonic stumbling back into the cage.
Yonic takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yonic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Palpatine misses the shot to the body.
Yonic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palpatine.
Yonic throws a right and a left that Palpatine avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Palpatine! But no joy.
Yonic is looking to clinch.
Yonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palpatine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yonic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yonic misses with a hook
and Palpatine counters with a leg kick.
Yonic misses with a body shot.
Yonic looks to clinch
and Palpatine counters with a three punch combo that has Yonic backing up. Yonic nods at Palpatine to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Palpatine.
Palpatine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Palpatine has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yonic misses with a body shot.
Palpatine lands a jab to the nose.

Yonic clinches up with Palpatine and pushes him back against the cage.
Palpatine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yonic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yonic digs a right hand into Palpatine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Palpatine's gas tank.
Palpatine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yonic.
Yonic lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palpatine.
Yonic blocks a body shot from Palpatine.
Yonic misses with a punch to the body.
Palpatine prevents a body shot from Yonic.
Palpatine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yonic works on Palpatine's body with a couple of short punches.
Palpatine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yonic backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yonic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palpatine backwards.
Palpatine lands an elbow inside.
Palpatine tries to throw a body punch but Yonic avoids it by throwing Palpatine back against the cage.
Yonic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yonic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yonic swings wildly with an uppercut but Palpatine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yonic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yonic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Palpatine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yonic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Palpatine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yonic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yonic missing with a left hand there. Palpatine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yonic needs to keep his hands up - Palpatine had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Yonic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yonic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palpatine slips under a jab from Yonic.
Yonic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yonic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yonic wants to clinch up but Palpatine keeps it at a distance.
Palpatine throws out a counter right but Yonic avoids it with no problem.
Yonic moves to clinch but Palpatine breaks away
and Palpatine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yonic fails to land with a series of punches.
Yonic takes a swing at Palpatine's ribcage but misses.
Yonic moves in looking to clinch but Palpatine pushes him off.
Yonic backing away here, and Palpatine unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yonic moves in looking to clinch but Palpatine pushes him off.
A punch combination from Yonic misses.
Yonic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yonic looks to land a left hand but Palpatine moved out of range nicely.
Palpatine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yonic wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yonic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sheev Palpatine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Yonic. Palpatine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sheev Palpatine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yonic doesn't manage to clinch there - Palpatine circles away.
Palpatine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yonic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Palpatine counters with a stiff right hand.
Palpatine ducks under a wild hook from Yonic.
Nice straight punches there by Yonic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yonic.
Nice straight punches there by Yonic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yonic.
Palpatine throws a hook but Yonic blocks it.
Yonic tries to close the distance and clinch but Palpatine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palpatine throws a body shot but no joy.
Yonic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Palpatine lands a glancing blow to the side of Yonic's head.
Yonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palpatine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palpatine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yonic tries to clinch but Palpatine is having none of it.
Palpatine thumps Yonic with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palpatine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palpatine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Yonic has managed to clinch.
Yonic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palpatine lands a body shot.
Palpatine blocks an uppercut.

Palpatine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yonic moves in looking to clinch but Palpatine pushes him off.
Yonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palpatine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palpatine tries a low kick but Yonic avoids it.
Yonic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yonic wants to clinch.
Yonic wants to clinch.
Chad Yonic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palpatine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Palpatine with a nice cross.
Yonic darts in trying to clinch
and Palpatine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Palpatine swats away the attempt to clinch by Yonic.
Palpatine throws a leg kick that misses.
Yonic tries to clinch but Palpatine is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Palpatine. That snapped Yonic's head back.
Palpatine looks to land a combination. Yonic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Palpatine lands a nice hook to Yonic's body. Yonic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palpatine scores with a hook.

Yonic is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yonic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oh Yonic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Palpatine lands a glancing blow to the side of Yonic's head.
Palpatine scores with a body shot.
Yonic misses with a straight left.
Palpatine 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.
Yonic takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Palpatine keeps Yonic at a distance using the push kick.
Palpatine moves out of range as Yonic strikes.
Yonic lands a nice hook to Palpatine's body. Palpatine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palpatine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Yonic rushes Palpatine and presses him up against the cage.
Sheev Palpatine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yonic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yonic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Yonic.
Yonic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yonic struggles to land a body shot inside as Palpatine controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yonic can't find room to land a body shot as Palpatine controls the action.
Yonic seems to have got his legs back now.
Palpatine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Yonic.
Yonic tries to throw a body punch but Palpatine avoids it by throwing Yonic back against the cage.
Yonic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yonic misses with some punches.
Yonic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palpatine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palpatine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Palpatine prevents a body shot from Yonic.
Yonic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yonic has a couple of punches blocked by Palpatine.
Palpatine lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sheev Palpatine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Palpatine winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sheev Palpatine!
Sheev Palpatine gave a mention to Big Dog Gains 160Q $225 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).