PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Paul Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yuskevich
vs
Paul Marcus

186 cm
24
224 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yimi Yuskevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Davis Paul Marcus!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuskevich just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yuskevich 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 Marcus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marcus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marcus scores with a leg kick.
Yuskevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuskevich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marcus ducks under a wild hook from Yuskevich.
Marcus ducks under a wild hook from Yuskevich.
Yuskevich throws a hook to the side of Marcus's head but Marcus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick from Yuskevich is predictable there
and Marcus counters with a straight right hand.
Yuskevich throws a leg kick
and Marcus counters with a left to the body.
Marcus connects with a jab.
Marcus throws a leg kick which misses Yuskevich's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuskevich tries to avoid it.
Yuskevich is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Marcus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuskevich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marcus, right into the meat.
Yuskevich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marcus throws a series of punches but Yuskevich moves out of range.
Marcus thumps Yuskevich with a low kick.
Marcus is looking to slow Yuskevich down with leg kicks.
Marcus throws a series of punches but Yuskevich moves out of range.
Yuskevich throws a leg kick
and Marcus counters with a slapping leg kick.
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!
Marcus cracks a nice hook into Yuskevich's ribs.
Marcus tries to bum rush Yuskevich with a series of wild strikes but Yuskevich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcus.
Yuskevich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body punch from Marcus.
Marcus is looking to slow Yuskevich down with leg kicks.
Davis Paul Marcus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yuskevich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Marcus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marcus stuns Yuskevich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yuskevich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Marcus.
Yuskevich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yuskevich. That did some damage!
Marcus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marcus scores with a body shot.
Yuskevich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Yuskevich misses.
Yuskevich swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marcus counters with a left and a right that stings Yuskevich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot lands for Marcus.
Yuskevich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marcus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yuskevich's knee momentarily.
Marcus throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marcus. That's going to slow Yuskevich down.
Marcus scores with a nice strike.
Marcus punishes Yuskevich's body with a nice straight punch.
Marcus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yuskevich rather than just go for the knockout.
Marcus scores with a shot to the body.
Marcus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yuskevich. That did some damage!
A combination from Marcus does no damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcus misses with the combination.
Marcus stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Paul Marcus dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A slapping leg kick lands for Marcus.
Marcus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marcus slips under a jab.
Yuskevich misses the body punch
and Yuskevich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis Paul Marcus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marcus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yuskevich is able to avoid easily.
Yuskevich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcus throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Yimi Yuskevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yuskevich. Marcus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yuskevich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcus.
Yuskevich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marcus throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus connects with a solid leg kick.
Marcus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marcus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marcus misses with a series of wild punches.
Marcus jabs Yuskevich right on the nose. Yuskevich blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Yimi Yuskevich has been cut.
Yuskevich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marcus counters with a three punch combo that has Yuskevich backing up. Yuskevich nods at Marcus to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yuskevich throws the left hand but Marcus avoids the punch easily.
Marcus lands a jab to Yuskevich's midsection.
Marcus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yuskevich looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus cracks the inside of Yuskevich's front leg.
Marcus feints and then cracks Yuskevich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yuskevich down.
Marcus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yuskevich takes one to the side of the head.
Marcus misses with a few strikes there.
Yuskevich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marcus counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marcus scores with a jab to the body.
Marcus throws a leg kick which misses Yuskevich's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuskevich tries to avoid it.
Marcus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yuskevich chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marcus can pounce on him.
Marcus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Marcus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yuskevich's sensitive parts.
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!
Marcus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yuskevich's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marcus.
Marcus throws a combination. Yuskevich tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marcus lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marcus goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Yuskevich is rocked!
Marcus misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yuskevich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marcus throws a one two combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marcus.
Marcus scores with a shot to the body.
Yuskevich takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davis Paul Marcus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcus lands a really nice looking cross but Yuskevich seems unphased.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Marcus.
Oh Yuskevich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Marcus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Paul Marcus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yimi Yuskevich's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Marcus throws a leg kick which misses Yuskevich's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuskevich tries to avoid it.
Yuskevich seems to have got his legs back now.
A shot to the body from Yuskevich misses
and Marcus counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Yuskevich has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Davis Paul Marcus!