PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shiek Yerbooty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Not Now James,we're busy. Yerbooty comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ABK - Kill Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Roy Palmer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Palmer
vs
Yerbooty

180 cm
27
188 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
191 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

5th Round Clothing

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shiek Yerbooty!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer shoots in and drives through. Yerbooty sprawls well.
Palmer fails with the takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a left and a right that stings Palmer.
Palmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yerbooty.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown but Yerbooty shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Palmer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palmer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Palmer misses with a takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a takedown
enabling Yerbooty to counter with a crisp jab.
Yerbooty misses with a series of wild punches.
Yerbooty's corner calls for a 1-2. Yerbooty obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Palmer with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Yerbooty to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Roy Palmer has been cut.
Yerbooty throws a poor cross that misses

and Palmer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Yerbooty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Yerbooty manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Yerbooty has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Palmer is working away from the top position though.

Palmer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Palmer prevents Yerbooty from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty won't allow Palmer to pass to mount.
Palmer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yerbooty defending well though.
Palmer thows a huge punch but Yerbooty dodges it nicely.
Palmer is thwarting Yerbooty's attempts to control the position.
Yerbooty tries to roll over but Palmer keeps him under control.
Palmer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yerbooty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Palmer.
Palmer tries to pass to full mount but Yerbooty defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yerbooty is concentrating on defense, preventing Palmer from advancing position.
Palmer performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Palmer passes to full mount!
Yerbooty is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yerbooty looks a forlorn figure.
Palmer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiek Yerbooty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Palmer'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.

Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Yerbooty.
Palmer with a poor takedown
and Palmer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yerbooty throws a hook but Palmer avoids it easily.
Yerbooty throws the left hand but Palmer avoids the punch easily.
Yerbooty swings widly with a right hand

and Palmer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Palmer is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Palmer connects with a nice short shot to Yerbooty's temple.
Yerbooty slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Yerbooty keeping moving, preventing Palmer from controlling successfully.
Yerbooty is looking to sweep but instead, Palmer has passed into half guard.
Yerbooty tries to roll over but Palmer keeps him under control.
Yerbooty is staying active underneath Palmer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Palmer in particular looking to stall.
Yerbooty is not content to let Palmer control the position.
Palmer thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Yerbooty to regain full guard.
Palmer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Palmer tries to free his leg and advance position but Yerbooty is retaining full guard.
Palmer throwing strikes from guard but Yerbooty blocks nicely.
Palmer with a nice head shot there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yerbooty is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty wants to control from the top but Palmer keeps moving.
Palmer 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.
Yerbooty won't allow Palmer to get back to his feet.
Roy Palmer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Palmer is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Yerbooty will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Palmer up against the cage.
Yerbooty wants to break the clinch but can't.
Palmer stalling in the clinch.

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.
Palmer can't find room to land a body shot as Yerbooty controls the action.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
Palmer tries to work over Yerbooty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer looking to slow down the pace here.
Yerbooty wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.

Yerbooty breaks from the clinch.

Palmer shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Yerbooty's guard.
Palmer is looking to work some ground and pound but Yerbooty has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Palmer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roy Palmer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Palmer tries for a takedown but Yerbooty circles away easily
and Yerbooty counters with a stiff right hand.
Palmer with a poor takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a stiff right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Palmer.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Palmer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palmer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Palmer misses with a takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerbooty misses the jab.
Yerbooty misses with a few strikes there.
Shiek Yerbooty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palmer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yerbooty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer with a poor takedown
enabling Yerbooty to counter with a crisp jab.
Shiek Yerbooty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yerbooty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palmer.
Palmer with a poor takedown
and Yerbooty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Palmer misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Yerbooty to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yerbooty throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yerbooty misses with an uppercut

and Palmer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Yerbooty!
Yerbooty tries to hold on but Palmer postures up.
Palmer punching from mount but Yerbooty doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Palmer with the ground and pound from mount.
Palmer throws some wild stikes that Yerbooty manages to avoid easily.
Palmer trying to control but Yerbooty is having none of it.
Palmer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Palmer throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Yerbooty because Palmer loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yerbooty is trying desperately to improve position.
Palmer with shots to the head and body - Yerbooty looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Palmer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Yerbooty tries to reverse the position but Palmer maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palmer dominating with strikes here.
Yerbooty blocking the ground and pound.
Palmer unloads with some shots from mount but Yerbooty bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shiek Yerbooty.
I think Yerbooty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shiek Yerbooty!