PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yu
vs
Lucas

179 cm
24
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Elite Golden Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucas misses with a hook.
Yu is looking to clinch.
Yu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lucas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yu's head backwards.
Yu tries to clinch but Lucas moves out of range.
Yu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lucas.
Yu tries to clinch but Lucas moves out of range.
A slow jab from Lucas misses its intended target.
Lucas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lucas.

It looks like Mike Yu has been cut.
Steve Lucas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucas lands a jab to the head.
Lucas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Yu drives through and clinches with Lucas against the cage.
Yu pushes Lucas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Yu.
A short right from Yu.
Yu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Yu fails to land.
Lucas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A hook to the body from Lucas.
A head punch on the inside from Lucas fails to land.
Yu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Yu.
Lucas is trying to break the clinch but Yu is controlling him.
Yu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lucas backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yu.

Lucas is rocked!
Yu throws a head punch that misses.
Lucas is still on wobbly legs! Can Yu finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yu.
Lucas seems to have recovered his senses.
Yu lands a body punch.
Lucas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Yu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lucas.
Lucas misses with a series of wild punches.
Yu tries to clinch but Lucas is having none of it.
Lucas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yu wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yu throws an overhand right that lands on Lucas's shoulder, as Lucas tries to avoid the shot.
Yu defending well as Lucas loads up on a big left hand.
Lucas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yu doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucas circles away.

Yu moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lucas fails to land.

Lucas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lucas lands with a nice body punch.
Lucas lands a right hook to the body.
Yu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yu moves away.
Lucas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lucas throws a body punch but Yu moves out of range.
Yu tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lucas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yu manages to avoid it.
Lucas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lucas looks to land a combination but Yu avoids it well.
Lucas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lucas loads up on a big right hand but Yu slips the punch.
Yu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lucas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lucas misses with a hook.
Yu tries to clinch but Lucas moves out of range.
Yu staying out of range there.
Yu tries to clinch there but Lucas circles away.
Yu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yu wants to clinch.
Lucas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lucas dips to his left and cracks Yu with an uppercut!
Lucas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yu.
Yu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lucas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Lucas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Yu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yu tries to clinch but Lucas moves away
enabling Lucas to counter with a crisp jab.
Yu wants to clinch
enabling Lucas to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Lucas misses its intended target.
Lucas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yu moves away from the strike by Lucas.
Lucas throws a shot from downtown. Yu moves away and avoids it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lucas!
A combination from Lucas does no damage.
Lucas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lucas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yu doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucas circles away.
Yu blocks a jab.
Lucas swings for the body but Yu moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Lucas misses.
Yu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Yu staying out of range there.
Yu tries to clinch up
and Lucas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yu tries to clinch up
enabling Lucas to counter with a crisp jab.
Yu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yu tries to clinch
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
Lucas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yu darts in trying to clinch
and Lucas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas fails to land with a series of punches.
Yu tries to clinch up.

Yu drives through and clinches with Lucas against the cage.
Lucas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Lucas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yu clinches but Lucas breaks the clinch
and Lucas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yu misses with a series of wild punches.
Lucas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas tests Yu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yu is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Lucas closes the distance and clinches.
Yu throws a head punch that misses.
Lucas throws a head punch that misses.
Lucas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yu misses with some punches.
Yu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lucas is looking to control Yu's arms but Yu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lucas has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Yu.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yu as Lucas tries to tie him up.
Lucas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lucas throws a punch but it's blocked by Yu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu lands a shoulder strike.
Yu lands with a right to the head.
Yu misses with the head strike.
Lucas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Yu.
Lucas is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yu lands with a right to the head.
Yu stalling against the cage.
Yu creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Lucas's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Lucas drops to his knees and Yu pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Yu!