PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knock Yaazzout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rj McLovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaazzout comes into the arena with act a fool remix blaring out of the sound system. McLovin has chosen Nas - Etherl as his entrance music. Knock Yaazzout has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yaazzout
vs
McLovin

197 cm
26
285 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

185 cm
29
202 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knock Yaazzout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Rj McLovin!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yaazzout closes the distance and clinches.
McLovin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaazzout misses with some punches.
McLovin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaazzout working aggressively here.
Yaazzout lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yaazzout working aggressively here.
Yaazzout misses with a punch on the inside.
Yaazzout lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yaazzout lands a nice shot to the body.
Yaazzout cracks McLovin with a nice body shot.
McLovin looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaazzout misses with an elbow over the top.
Yaazzout lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaazzout.
Yaazzout doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yaazzout throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McLovins head.
McLovin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaazzout lands a knee to the body.
Yaazzout lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Yaazzout fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaazzout swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Yaazzout.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yaazzout gets through McLovin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yaazzout lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout lands an uppercut.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaazzout throws a head punch that misses.
McLovin blocks an elbow strike from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaazzout misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yaazzout scores with a shot to the side of McLovin's head.
Yaazzout lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yaazzout creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLovin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yaazzout using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Yaazzout is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. McLovin can't fight it off and eventually Yaazzout manages to take the fight to the floor. McLovin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Yaazzout stops McLovin from standing up.
Yaazzout stands up over McLovin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yaazzout won't allow McLovin to get back to his feet.
Yaazzout distracts McLovin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yaazzout with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yaazzout postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yaazzout stops McLovin from standing up.
Yaazzout working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yaazzout with a nice head shot there.
Yaazzout throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McLovin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

McLovin pushes Yaazzout off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
McLovin closes the distance but Yaazzout moves to the side

and Yaazzout counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in McLovin's guard now.
Yaazzout will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLovin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yaazzout.
McLovin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
McLovin has momentary wrist control but Yaazzout slips an elbow through the middle.
Yaazzout has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yaazzout content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yaazzout prevents McLovin from getting back to his feet.
Yaazzout tries to free his leg and advance position but McLovin is retaining full guard.
McLovin wants to get back to his feet but Yaazzout is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yaazzout is looking to work some ground and pound but McLovin has wrist control.
McLovin is looking to stand up but Yaazzout isn't so interested in that idea.
Yaazzout chips away with some ground and pound.
McLovin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Yaazzout with a flurry of punches that miss.

Yaazzout thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

McLovin uses the ropes to get back to his feet.

McLovin has Yaazzout up against the ropes in a clinch.
McLovin looking to slow down the pace here.
A short body shot lands from Yaazzout as the two fighters clinch.
Yaazzout misses with a short punch on the inside.
McLovin looking to slow down the pace here.
Yaazzout gets through McLovin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLovin dodges an elbow strike from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout misses with a short punch on the inside.
McLovin blocks an elbow strike from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knock Yaazzout dominated that 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McLovin blocks an uppercut.
McLovin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knock Yaazzout has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yaazzout misses with a punch to the body.
McLovin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yaazzout is keeping busy.
Yaazzout has a couple of punches blocked by McLovin.
McLovin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yaazzout misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout working aggressively here.
Yaazzout creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McLovin's defenses.
Yaazzout misses with an elbow over the top.
Yaazzout working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yaazzout tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLovin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yaazzout tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLovin.
McLovin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McLovin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yaazzout is keeping busy.
Yaazzout lands a hook to the side of the head.
McLovin avoiding damage as Yaazzout throws knees to the body.
Yaazzout misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yaazzout swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McLovin trying to control the position but instead, Yaazzout has worked for underhooks and has pushed McLovin into the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yaazzout throws an elbow but misses.
Yaazzout throws a punch but it's blocked by McLovin.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
McLovin leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yaazzout swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yaazzout working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaazzout.
Yaazzout throws a head punch that misses.
Yaazzout doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McLovin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLovin.
McLovin prevents a body shot from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout can't find room to land a body shot as McLovin controls the action.
Yaazzout misses with some punches.
McLovin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McLovin blocks an elbow strike.
Yaazzout pushes McLovin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yaazzout misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLovin prevents a body shot from Yaazzout.
McLovin trying to control the position but instead, Yaazzout has worked for underhooks and has pushed McLovin into the ropes.
McLovin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLovin.
McLovin looking to slow down the pace here.
The referee calls for McLovin to work.
McLovin prevents a body shot from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout misses with a hook from the clinch.
McLovin effectively controlling the action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yaazzout as McLovin tries to tie him up.
Yaazzout pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yaazzout misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yaazzout trying to land knees to the body.
McLovin stalling in the clinch but Yaazzout improves position.
Yaazzout throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Yaazzout.
McLovin blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yaazzout just misses with a elbow thrown towards McLovin's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaazzout.
Yaazzout misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yaazzout as McLovin tries to tie him up.

Yaazzout gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
McLovin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McLovin has momentary wrist control but Yaazzout slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knock Yaazzout dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Yaazzout swats away the attempt to clinch by McLovin.
Knock Yaazzout is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Yaazzout moves into the clinch.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
McLovin is trying to stall.
Yaazzout misses with a hook from the clinch.
McLovin stalling in the clinch but Yaazzout improves position.
McLovin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yaazzout lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McLovin.
Yaazzout landing knees to the body.
McLovin avoids a wild elbow strike from Yaazzout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yaazzout lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Yaazzout - that landed with a thud.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yaazzout working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Yaazzout - that landed with a thud.
Yaazzout lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Yaazzout scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yaazzout just misses with a elbow thrown towards McLovin's brow.
Yaazzout tries a body shot but McLovin blocks it.
Yaazzout scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yaazzout is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McLovin can do to turn this around?
Yaazzout has a couple of punches blocked by McLovin.
Yaazzout lands with a light punch inside.
McLovin blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Yaazzout.
Yaazzout misses with the head strike.
McLovin blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yaazzout as McLovin tries to tie him up.
Yaazzout softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yaazzout misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yaazzout can't find room to land a body shot as McLovin controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaazzout scores with a hook to the body.
Yaazzout tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Yaazzout.
Yaazzout has a couple of punches blocked by McLovin.
McLovin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Yaazzout throws a punch but it's blocked by McLovin.
Yaazzout misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McLovin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaazzout working aggressively here.
Yaazzout scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McLovin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaazzout has a couple of punches blocked by McLovin.
Yaazzout throws a punch but it's blocked by McLovin.
Knock Yaazzout is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McLovin trying to control the position but instead, Yaazzout has worked for underhooks and has pushed McLovin into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLovin avoids the elbow strike from Yaazzout, against the ropes.
McLovin is trying to stall.
Yaazzout working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McLovin is trying to maintain a safe position but Yaazzout gets an underhook and turns McLovin into the ropes.
Yaazzout pushes off an throws an elbow but McLovin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McLovin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McLovin stalling the fight.
McLovin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McLovin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaazzout misses with a punch on the inside.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaazzout lands an elbow that stopped McLovin in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaazzout.
McLovin stalling in the clinch but Yaazzout improves position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yaazzout.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaazzout throws a punch but it's blocked by McLovin.
Yaazzout scores with a shot to the side of McLovin's head.
Yaazzout swings wildly with an uppercut but McLovin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaazzout misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yaazzout misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yaazzout tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McLovin's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yaazzout looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rj McLovin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yaazzout throws an elbow but it misses.
Yaazzout on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Knock Yaazzout showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yaazzout 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:25
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Knock Yaazzout!