PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piolo Azkal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Yamtza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piolo Azkal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Azkal
vs
Yamtza

187 cm
25
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piolo Azkal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Yamtza!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Azkal clinches with his opponent.
Yamtza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azkal.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamtza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza tries to land knees in the clinch but Azkal avoids the damage to the body.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Azkal gets a clinch.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azkal.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Yamtza clinches up against the cage.
Yamtza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza lands an elbow just above Azkal 's eye.
Yamtza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azkal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamtza missing with knees to the body.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamtza avoids it.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamtza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azkal's brow.
Azkal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamtza.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal trying to land knees to the body.
Yamtza misses with a knee to the head.
Azkal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yamtza avoiding damage as Azkal throws knees to the body.
Azkal avoiding damage as Yamtza throws knees to the body.
Yamtza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamtza trying to land knees to the body.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamtza tries to land a knee to the head but Azkal blocks with his arms.
Yamtza blocks the elbow strike.
Yamtza takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Robert Yamtza has been cut.
Yamtza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamtza tries to land knees in the clinch but Azkal avoids the damage to the body.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal managing to block the knees to the body from Yamtza.
Yamtza throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamtza misses with a knee to the head.
Yamtza looks gassed!
Azkal lands an elbow inside that Yamtza shrugs off.
Yamtza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azkal managing to block the knees to the body from Yamtza.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Yamtza pushes Azkal up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamtza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azkal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yamtza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azkal.
Yamtza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Yamtza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yamtza clinches with his opponent.

Azkal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yamtza gets tackled into the cage by Azkal. Azkal maintains the clinch.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike from Yamtza.
Yamtza tries to break free but Azkal pushes him back against the cage.
Yamtza lands an elbow that stopped Azkal in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamtza's brow.
Azkal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamtza.
Yamtza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.
Azkal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yamtza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Azkal fakes the leg kick and cracks Yamtza in the body.

Yamtza closes the distance and clinches.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamtza misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yamtza's defenses.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azkal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.
Azkal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamtza.
Azkal has Yamtza pressed against the cage, preventing Yamtza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Azkal closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamtza's brow.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Yamtza forces Azkal back against the cage and clinches.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza avoids the elbow strike from Azkal, against the cage.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Azkal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
Azkal lands an elbow inside that Yamtza shrugs off.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Yamtza closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamtza misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamtza missing with knees to the body.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamtza looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamtza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.
Yamtza takes a kick to the side of the head.
Azkal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamtza.
Azkal throws a nice inside leg kick.

Yamtza clinches up against the cage.
Yamtza working hard to break the clinch.
Yamtza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Azkal tried to score with a low kick but Yamtza checks it.

Azkal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Azkal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Yamtza tries to keep at a distance but Azkal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamtza is trying to push Azkal away but Azkal has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamtza has double underhooks.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamtza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Yamtza breaks from the clinch.

Yamtza moves into range and clinches up with Azkal.
Yamtza throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamtza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azkal dodges an elbow strike from Yamtza.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.

Yamtza breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Azkal darts in and clinches Yamtza up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.
Yamtza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Azkal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yamtza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Azkal breaks the clinch.

Azkal clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.
Azkal prevents Yamtza from breaking the clinch.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Azkal.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike from Yamtza.

Azkal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamtza takes one to the chin there.

Azkal rushes Yamtza and presses him up against the cage.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamtza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azkal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal throws an elbow but it misses.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Yamtza moves into the clinch.
Azkal pushes off an throws an elbow but Yamtza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Yamtza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Azkal pushes Yamtza up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piolo Azkal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Yamtza'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.

Yamtza throws a low kick, looking for Azkal's leg but Azkal calmly moves out of range.
Azkal just misses with a punch to the body.

Azkal takes the fight into the clinch.
Azkal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.
Yamtza lands an elbow inside.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.

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

Yamtza rushes Azkal and presses him up against the cage.
Azkal dodges an elbow strike from Yamtza.
Yamtza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamtza avoids the damage to the body.
Yamtza trying to land knees to the body.
Azkal throws an elbow but it misses.

Yamtza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Azkal.

Yamtza moves into range and clinches up with Azkal.
Azkal wants to break free but Yamtza has control.
Yamtza throws an elbow that misses.
Yamtza missing with knees to the body.
Yamtza is breathing heavily.

Yamtza manages to break the clinch.
Yamtza moves out of range of the body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Azkal is trying to force a seperation but Yamtza has the dominant position.
Yamtza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamtza avoids the damage to the body.
Azkal avoids the elbow strike from Yamtza, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamtza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.
Azkal lands an elbow just above Yamtza 's eye.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamtza throws an elbow that misses.

Azkal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamtza misses with a low kick.
Azkal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Azkal has Yamtza up against the cage in a clinch.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.
Good exchange - Azkal coming out on top.

Yamtza tries to keep at a distance but Azkal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamtza managing to block the knees to the body from Azkal.
Yamtza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamtza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yamtza trying to land knees to the body.

Yamtza breaks from the clinch.
Azkal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yamtza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yamtza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Azkal. Azkal obviously looking to wear him down.

Yamtza clinches.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Yamtza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Azkal dodges an elbow strike from Yamtza.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azkal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamtza throws an elbow that misses.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
Yamtza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Yamtza instigates a clinch.

Yamtza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Azkal rushes Yamtza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamtza pushes off an throws an elbow but Azkal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamtza avoids the damage to the body.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamtza.
Azkal lands a damaging elbow.
Yamtza blocks the elbow strike.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
Yamtza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
Yamtza lands an elbow inside that Azkal shrugs off.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Yamtza rushes Azkal and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azkal takes an elbow to the temple.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Piolo Azkal has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Azkal trying to land knees to the body.
Yamtza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamtza throws an elbow that misses.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yamtza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Azkal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Yamtza closes the distance and clinches.
Azkal throws an elbow but it misses.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.
Yamtza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamtza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azkal's brow.
Yamtza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Azkal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Azkal closes the distance and pushes Yamtza back into the cage.
Azkal is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Azkal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Azkal lands a nice elbow.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yamtza blocks the elbow strike.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.
Yamtza misses with a knee to the head.
Yamtza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Azkal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Azkal blocks the elbow strike.
Yamtza is trying to break the clinch but Azkal is controlling him.
Yamtza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azkal lands a damaging elbow.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamtza avoids it.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
Yamtza pushes off an throws an elbow but Azkal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.
Yamtza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azkal avoiding damage as Yamtza throws knees to the body.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
Yamtza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Yamtza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Azkal misses with a kick to the body.
Azkal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Yamtza gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A frustrated look appears on Azkal's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Azkal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamtza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Piolo Azkal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Robert Yamtza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Azkal has Yamtza up against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamtza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Yamtza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Azkal clinches up with Yamtza and pushes him back against the cage.

Azkal breaks the clinch.

Azkal moves into range and clinches up with Yamtza.
Yamtza pushes off an throws an elbow but Azkal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yamtza prevents Azkal from breaking the clinch.
Yamtza managing to block the knees to the body from Azkal.
Azkal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yamtza looking to throw knees to the head but Azkal is blocking nicely.
Yamtza blocks the elbow strike.
Azkal blocks the elbow strike.
Azkal blocks the elbow strike.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Yamtza instigates a clinch.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yamtza's defenses.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamtza.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamtza's brow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yamtza tries a knee to the head but Azkal blocks it.

Azkal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Yamtza gets a clinch.
Yamtza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike.
Azkal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamtza.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Yamtza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azkal.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Azkal rushes Yamtza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Yamtza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Yamtza clinches up against the cage.
Yamtza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azkal avoids it.
Yamtza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yamtza is trying to break the clinch but Azkal has him pressed against the cage.
Yamtza tries to break the clinch but Azkal is controlling the position.
Azkal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamtza is defending well for now.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yamtza throws a knee to the head but misses.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Azkal closes the distance and clinches.
Yamtza avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamtza's brow.
Yamtza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamtza tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Azkal is able to avoid easily.

Yamtza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Azkal, pushing him back against the cage.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamtza tries to land knees in the clinch but Azkal avoids the damage to the body.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.
Yamtza misses with a knee strike.

Azkal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamtza avoids the head kick by Azkal.

Yamtza clinches up with Azkal and pushes him back against the cage.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Azkal is looking to chop away at Yamtza's legs.
Azkal bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Azkal throws an overhand right that lands on Yamtza's shoulder, as Yamtza tries to avoid the shot.

Azkal gets tackled into the cage by Yamtza. Yamtza maintains the clinch.
Yamtza trying to land knees to the body.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamtza avoids the damage to the body.
Yamtza missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Yamtza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Azkal rushes Yamtza and presses him up against the cage.
Yamtza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike.
Yamtza avoiding damage as Azkal throws knees to the body.
Yamtza misses with a knee to the head.
Yamtza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamtza throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamtza prevents Azkal from breaking the clinch.
Yamtza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azkal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamtza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Yamtza.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamtza's brow.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yamtza lands a nice elbow.
Yamtza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Azkal clinches with his opponent.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
Yamtza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.

Yamtza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Yamtza clinches with his opponent.
Azkal managing to block the knees to the body from Yamtza.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Yamtza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Azkal, pushing him back against the cage.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azkal avoiding damage as Yamtza throws knees to the body.
Yamtza avoiding damage as Azkal throws knees to the body.
Yamtza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.
Azkal with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azkal is trying to force a seperation but Yamtza has the dominant position.
Yamtza missing with knees to the body.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike from Yamtza.

Azkal breaks the clinch.

Yamtza closes the distance and pushes Azkal back into the cage.

Yamtza breaks the clinch.
Azkal slips under a jab from Yamtza.

Azkal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Azkal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azkal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamtza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamtza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yamtza misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamtza blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Yamtza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Yamtza forces Azkal back against the cage and clinches.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Yamtza darts in and clinches Azkal up against the cage.
Yamtza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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

Yamtza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robert Yamtza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piolo Azkal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Yamtza has closed the distance and engaged Azkal in a clinch.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Robert Yamtza.
Well Azkal 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Piolo Azkal!