PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Yoma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milani is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Silicone Curitiba. This should be fireworks!

Yoma
vs
Milani

179 cm
22
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
186 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Yoma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Milani!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milani tries to clinch but Yoma moves out of range.
Yoma misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Milani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoma tries to land a leg kick but Milani saw it coming and moves away.
Yoma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yoma displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Milani.
Milani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yoma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoma swats away the attempt to clinch by Milani.

Yoma throws a left that rocks Milani and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Yoma dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Milani regain composure!

Milani is rocked!

It looks like Marco Milani has been cut.

Yoma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Milani is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Milani is still in real trouble! Can Yoma finish him?
Yoma lands a nice forearm strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Yoma thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Yoma working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoma landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Milani seems to have recovered his senses.
Milani taking a bit of punishment here - Yoma scoring with strikes.
Yoma scores with punches from side control.
Yoma 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.
Yoma is working Milani over with some ground and pound from side control.
Yoma is looking to take a break and control but Milani is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yoma working the ground and pound from side control.
Milani tries to buck Yoma off but Yoma is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milani avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yoma.

Yoma tries for a kimura but Milani is defending well.

Yoma goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Milani has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yoma but great work by Milani.
Yoma tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Milani wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yoma is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Milani off and has taken his back!
Yoma looking to hold on to the position here but Milani rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Milani looking for a sweep. Not yet Milani, not yet.
Yoma trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yoma looking to sit in guard and control but Milani gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Milani stays in close to Yoma's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoma escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Milani gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Milani is pushing down on Yoma's leg trying to pass to half guard. Yoma is fighting to maintain full guard but Milani has managed to sneak the leg through.

Milani is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yoma doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Milani.
Yoma might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Yoma is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Milani pulls his head out easily.

Yoma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yoma wants to improve his position but Milani is controlling well.

Milani is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Milani is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yoma on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yoma tries to get to full guard but Milani has control of the leg.
Milani tries to pass to full mount but Yoma defends it.
Yoma slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Yoma wants to get back to his feet but Milani passes into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milani is looking to take a break and control but Yoma is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Yoma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Milani's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Milani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Milani moves out of range of the body kick from Yoma.
Yoma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Milani looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yoma!
Yoma is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Milani working for a guillotine from mount but Yoma is in no mood to give up.
Yoma is trying to escape the mount.

Milani has hold of Yoma's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yoma manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Milani with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Yoma is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Milani working for a guillotine from mount but Yoma is in no mood to give up.
Milani fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Milani goes for an armbar but Yoma turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Yoma.
Yoma working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yoma trying to control but Milani is working from the bottom.
Milani manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Yoma is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Milani is working for a guillotine from mount but Yoma frees his head quite easily.

Milani has hold of Yoma's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yoma manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Yoma is trying desperately to improve position.
Yoma flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Milani prevents Yoma from getting the reversal.
Yoma is working hard here to advance position.
Milani trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Milani scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yoma?
Marco Milani has got the better of the ground game so far.

Milani looking for a guillotine from mount but Yoma is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoma working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Milani connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Yoma sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Yoma taking some punishment here, with Milani in his half guard.
Yoma wants to get back to full guard.

Milani is trying to work for a kimura but Yoma is defending well.

Yoma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Milani is trying for a kimura here. Yoma looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Milani wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Milani!