PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Yonge (ranked 2808 p4p, 2141 weight class) and Sonatane Veainu (ranked 381 p4p, 312 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Yonge
vs
Veainu

181 cm
25
215
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
210
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

CHURCH OF ZOIDBERG WAREHOUSE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlton Yonge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sonatane Veainu!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yonge moves out of range of the strikes.
Veainu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yonge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veainu.
Veainu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Veainu leaves Yonge with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yonge has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yonge there as he acknowledges the shot.

Yonge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Veainu cracks Yonge with a nice body shot.
Yonge fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veainu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yonge tries for a takedown but Veainu manages to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yonge struggles to land a body shot inside as Veainu controls his hands.
Yonge misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Yonge's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Yonge tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yonge tries to break free but Veainu pushes him back against the cage.
Yonge misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veainu stops a takedown attempt from Yonge.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlton Yonge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yonge tries for a takedown. No joy.
Veainu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Veainu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yonge is breathing heavily.
Veainu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yonge's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Veainu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Veainu.
Veainu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yonge's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Veainu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Veainu lands a nice shot to the body.
Veainu lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yonge tries to pull guard but Veainu holds him up against the cage and eventually Yonge drops back down to his feet.
Veainu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Veainu.
Veainu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Veainu on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Veainu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Veainu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yonges head.
Veainu lands a hook that snaps the head of Yonge backwards.

Yonge is rocked!
Veainu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yonge backwards.
Oh Yonge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Veainu.
Veainu lands a hook that snaps the head of Yonge backwards.
A short right from Veainu.
Veainu unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Yonge! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Veainu is unloading with more strikes now! Yonge drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonatane Veainu!