PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Scott Armstrong (ranked 2387 p4p, 3751 weight class) and Perov Yelisey (ranked 208 p4p, 310 weight class). The key to victory for Scott Armstrong has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Armstrong
vs
Yelisey

169 cm
23
156
6 - 9 - 0

176 cm
23
145
4 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Perov Yelisey!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong sizes up Yelisey with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yelisey on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Armstrong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yelisey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Armstrong scores with a jab to the body.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey avoids them all with ease.
Jab by Armstrong.
Yelisey ducks right into an uppercut from Armstrong.
Armstrong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Armstrong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yelisey.
Armstrong lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yelisey at a distance.
Armstrong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yelisey throws a counter combo.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Yelisey has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yelisey moves away.
Yelisey lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Armstrong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yelisey manages to avoid it.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that Yelisey avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Yelisey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Armstrong definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Armstrong misses with a two punch combination.
Armstrong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Armstrong jabs at Yelisey's body.
Armstrong jabs at Yelisey's body.
Armstrong cracks Yelisey with an open hand slap.
Armstrong pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yelisey back to the cage. Armstrong follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Armstrong clobbers Yelisey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Armstrong moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Armstrong throws a right and a left that both miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Yelisey misses.
Armstrong is looking to wear down Yelisey with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Armstrong scores with a hook.
Yelisey takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yelisey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yelisey unleashes a big counter combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Armstrong lands with a nice body punch.
Scott Armstrong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Armstrong lands a slapping body shot.
Armstrong misses with a wild combination.
Yelisey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Armstrong works Yelisey's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Armstrong. Beautiful body shot.
Armstrong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey avoids them all with ease.
Yelisey unleashes a big counter combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Armstrong cracks Yelisey with a good jab.
Yelisey takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey moves out of range.
Yelisey is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Armstrong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yelisey throws out a counter right but Armstrong avoids it with no problem.
Yelisey takes one to the chin there.
Armstrong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yelisey.
Armstrong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yelisey appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Armstrong, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Armstrong moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Armstrong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yelisey.
Armstrong misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yelisey! But no joy.
Yelisey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yelisey! But no joy.
Armstrong misses with a few strikes there.
Armstrong looks to land a combination but Yelisey avoids it well.
Yelisey is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Armstrong with a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Armstrong scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armstrong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yelisey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yelisey now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Armstrong dominated that round.
That's time! Armstrong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Left hook, right uppercut from Armstrong.
Yelisey slips a jab and a cross from Armstrong.
Yelisey was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Armstrong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yelisey under the eye.
Armstrong lands a jab-cross combination.
Armstrong misses with a two punch combination.
Scott Armstrong is winning the standup battle so far.
Armstrong lands with a nice body punch.
Armstrong tries to bum rush Yelisey with a series of wild strikes but Yelisey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yelisey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Armstrong goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Armstrong scores with a jab to the body.
Armstrong connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a wild combination.
Yelisey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yelisey throws out a counter right but Armstrong avoids it with no problem.
Yelisey ducks right into an uppercut from Armstrong.
Armstrong throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yelisey on the side of the head.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yelisey lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Armstrong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice side step and Yelisey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Yelisey might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Armstrong has got the better of the exchanges.
Armstrong throws a body shot but no joy.
Armstrong moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromYelisey.
Jab from Armstrong.
Armstrong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yelisey.
Yelisey appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Scott Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yelisey on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Armstrong does no damage.
Armstrong fails to land with a series of punches.
Yelisey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Armstrong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yelisey can do to turn this around?
Armstrong digs a good hook to Yelisey's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yelisey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Armstrong throws a right hand that Yelisey ducks under and follows up with a left that Yelisey also avoids with ease.
It seemed like Yelisey was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Armstrong misses with the combination.
No joy there for Armstrong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Armstrong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Armstrong misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by Yelisey.
Armstrong connects with a jab.
Armstrong scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Armstrong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Armstrong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Armstrong fails to land with a series of punches.
Armstrong misses with a body shot.
Yelisey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey moves out of range.
Yelisey looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armstrong lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armstrong feints a jab promting Yelisey to slip. Armstrong then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yelisey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yelisey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Armstrong is working the combinations to good effect here.
Armstrong scores with a one two! Yelisey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Armstrong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Yelisey misses.
Yelisey walks into a left hand.
Armstrong throws a right hand that Yelisey ducks under and follows up with a left that Yelisey also avoids with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Armstrong dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Armstrong misses.
A nice side step and Yelisey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Armstrong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yelisey moves away.
Yelisey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Armstrong jabs at Yelisey's body.
Armstrong misses with the combination.
Yelisey throws a counter combo.
Armstrong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Yelisey misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey avoids them all with ease.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.
Yelisey is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yelisey walks into a straight right hand from Armstrong.
Armstrong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yelisey thinks about the counter body kick.
Armstrong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scott Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armstrong cracks Yelisey with an open hand slap.
Armstrong misses with a few strikes there.
Yelisey moves out of range of the strikes.
Yelisey throws out a counter right but Armstrong avoids it with no problem.
A left lands for Armstrong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yelisey avoids the body shot from Armstrong.
Armstrong thuds a left hand into Yelisey's body.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that Yelisey avoids nicely.
Armstrong backing away here, and Yelisey unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.
Yelisey throws out a counter right but Armstrong avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armstrong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yelisey is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Armstrong throws a body punch but Yelisey moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Yelisey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Armstrong scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Armstrong missing with a left hand there. Yelisey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yelisey has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Armstrong takes a swing at Yelisey's ribcage but misses.
Yelisey is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yelisey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Armstrong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yelisey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Armstrong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice side step and Yelisey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.
Yelisey moves out of range of the strikes.
Armstrong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yelisey.
Yelisey on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice side step and Yelisey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong throws a series of punches but Yelisey avoids them all with ease.
Yelisey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Armstrong misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Armstrong. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Armstrong misses.
Yelisey appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Armstrong scores with a four punch combination!
Armstrong throws a nice looking combination but Yelisey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yelisey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Armstrong just misses with a punch to the body.
Yelisey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Armstrong's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Armstrong duly obliges.
Yelisey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perov Yelisey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott Armstrong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Armstrong misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Armstrong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Armstrong 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Armstrong!
Scott Armstrong managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, AVALON, into his post fight interview.