PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Yuen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr pickles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Yuen
vs
pickles

177 cm
24
160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Yuen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, mr pickles!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
pickles tries to close the distance and clinch but Yuen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from pickles.
Yuen dodges the punch combination from pickles.
pickles takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

pickles rushes Yuen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
pickles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yuen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
pickles avoids the elbow strike from Yuen, against the cage.
Yuen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
pickles has a couple of punches blocked by Yuen.
Yuen blocking some punches.
Yuen misses with a knee strike.
Yuen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yuen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
pickles lands a shoulder strike.
Yuen lands a damaging elbow.

pickles manages to pull guard.
Yuen wants to pass the guard but pickles is keeping the position.
Yuen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Yuen trying to control the position from guard on top but pickles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuen postures up.

We're going to have a standup here because Sean Yuen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
pickles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yuen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

pickles gets tackled into the cage by Yuen. Yuen maintains the clinch.
pickles lands a left hand.
pickles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yuen drops down looking for an ankle pick but pickles pulls his leg out and moves away.
pickles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
pickles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sean Yuen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mr pickles.
Yuen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around pickles's waist but pickles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yuen off to one side.

Yuen has pickles up against the cage in a clinch.
Yuen pushes off an throws an elbow but pickles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
pickles prevents the takedown attempt.
Yuen lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but pickles pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yuen has pickles pushed against the cage.
pickles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yuen blocking some punches.
pickles has a couple of punches blocked by Yuen.
pickles drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yuen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
pickles looks gassed!
Yuen lands a nice knee to the body.
pickles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yuen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
pickles blocks an elbow strike from Yuen.
Yuen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yuen stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Yuen.
Yuen trying to control the position but instead, pickles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yuen into the cage.
Yuen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yuen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
pickles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Come on Yuen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yuen can't get the takedown.
Yuen is trying to maintain a safe position but pickles gets an underhook and turns Yuen into the cage.
Yuen lands a good knee to the midsection. pickles won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuen looking for a takedown.
pickles lands a nice uppercut.
Yuen throws an elbow but it misses.
pickles fails to pull guard.
Yuen landing knees to the head.
Yuen tries to land knees in the clinch but pickles avoids the damage to the body.
Yuen lands with a left to the head.
pickles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yuen backwards.
Yuen pushes pickles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
pickles throws a head punch that misses.
Yuen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
pickles gets underhooks to prevent Yuen's takedown attempt.
pickles avoiding damage as Yuen throws knees to the body.
pickles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
pickles takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yuen misses with an elbow over the top.
Yuen looking to stall.
pickles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yuen backwards.
Yuen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as pickles walks away with a smile on his face. Yuen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
pickles darts in trying to clinch
and Yuen counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yuen rushes pickles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
pickles jumps guard but Yuen stands there with pickles around his waist. pickles gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
pickles has had enough of the clinch but Yuen keeps him there for the moment.
pickles tries to break free but Yuen pushes him back against the cage.

pickles tightens his grip and picks Yuen up, before dumping him to the ground. Yuen manages to land in guard.
Yuen managing to control the position.

Yuen has his foot on pickles's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. pickles works his way back into a safe position though.
Yuen pulls pickles in close to prevent any damage.
pickles throwing strikes but missing.
Yuen has pickles pulled in close to control his posture.
pickles postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Yuen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yuen keeps the fight on the outside.
pickles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yuen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
pickles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yuen is fending him off so far but pickles persists. Nope, Yuen circles away and we're back to standing.
pickles shoots in looking for a takedown but Yuen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing pickles's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sean Yuen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mr pickles.
Yuen scores with a jab to the head.
pickles walks into a stiff left hand from Yuen.
pickles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yuen.
Yuen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yuen stuns pickles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
pickles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Yuen moves into the clinch successfully.
Stalling in the clinch from Yuen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yuen.
A knee to the head by Yuen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yuen.
Yuen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
pickles is breathing heavily.
Yuen seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Yuen scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yuen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yuen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of pickles backwards.
Yuen has pickles pushed against the cage.
Yuen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yuen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has pickles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
pickles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yuen lands an elbow that stopped pickles in his tracks for a moment.
pickles is trying to break the clinch but Yuen is controlling him.
Yuen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yuen throws an elbow that misses.
Yuen lands an elbow inside.
Yuen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. pickles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yuen misses with an elbow over the top.

pickles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Yuen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yuen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through pickles's defenses.

pickles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yuen pushes pickles away with a front kick.
pickles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yuen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as pickles backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yuen has pickles up against the cage in a clinch.

Yuen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Yuen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
pickles is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yuen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yuen is keen to just control but pickles is a slippery customer.
Yuen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for pickles!
pickles throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
pickles is looking to improve his position but Yuen isn't that keen on the idea.

Yuen working for a guillotine from mount but pickles is in no mood to give up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
pickles is desperately trying to improve his position but Yuen has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Yuen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns pickles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
pickles is working to get back to half guard.
Yuen lands a big elbow.
Yuen controlling the pace for now.
pickles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yuen cracks pickles with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yuen with a couple of short strikes.
Yuen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yuen looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yuen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Yuen lands a nice shot to the head.
pickles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yuen lands with some strikes.
Yuen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
pickles working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yuen controlling his opponent.
Yuen trying to control but pickles is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Yuen dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - Yuen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sean Yuen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
pickles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yuen scores with a shot to the body.
Yuen lands a slapping body shot.
pickles looks to throw the jab but Yuen is out of range.
pickles needs to keep his hands up - Yuen had a free shot at his head there.

Yuen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches pickles napping and manages to drive through into side control!
pickles is not content to let Yuen control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
pickles is being controlled here.

Yuen has an Americana. pickles didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Yuen is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Yuen hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sean Yuen!