PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zagan Yehudiah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Waters's choice of entrance music: 50 Cent - Ready for War. Zagan Yehudiah could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dwayne Waters's chin.

Yehudiah
vs
Waters

181 cm
24
165 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

190 cm
29
169 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Zagan Yehudiah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dwayne Waters!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yehudiah blocks a leg kick.
Yehudiah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Waters is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Waters just misses with a punch to the body.
Waters attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Waters's corner calls for a 1-2. Waters obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Waters fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yehudiah sprawls well initially but Waters persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Waters stalling.
Waters wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yehudiah keeps working.
Yehudiah is controlling Waters's trapped leg to prevent Waters from advancing to side control.
Yehudiah is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah is doing well to control the position and prevent Waters from advancing to side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Waters throws a nice looking combination but Yehudiah bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Waters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yehudiah.
Waters throws out a leg kick but Yehudiah moves out of range and Waters only half commits.
Waters throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yehudiah.
Waters connects with a body shot.
Yehudiah throws a head kick but Waters moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Waters scores with a four punch combination!
Waters throws a series of strikes that have Yehudiah backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yehudiah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dwayne Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yehudiah connects with a leg kick. Waters looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yehudiah misses with a head kick.
Yehudiah scores with a head kick.
Waters throws a head kick but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Waters throws a leg kick which misses Yehudiah's front leg but catches the back leg as Yehudiah tries to avoid it.
Waters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yehudiah was well out of range. Poor timing from Waters.
Waters takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yehudiah throws a lazy right hand but Waters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waters throws a big shot that misses.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yehudiah tries to clinch but Waters is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Waters missing with a left hand there. Yehudiah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yehudiah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yehudiah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Waters tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yehudiah swivels and escapes.
Waters blocks a low kick nicely.
Waters's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yehudiah under the eye.
Waters misses with a head kick.
A jab from Waters misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yehudiah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Waters looks to land a body kick but Yehudiah moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yehudiah has time to react.
Waters feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yehudiah's calf.
A big left from Waters misses.
Waters dives in and grabs Yehudiah's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yehudiah pushes down on Waters's head and hops out.
No luck for Waters with that takedown attempt.
Zagan Yehudiah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Waters.
Waters looks gassed!
Yehudiah motions for Waters to come forward. Yehudiah throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yehudiah checks a leg kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Yehudiah gets caught flat footed, as Waters shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Yehudiah keeping moving, preventing Waters from controlling successfully.
Yehudiah working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Yehudiah looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yehudiah takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Waters bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yehudiah's head backwards.
Waters shoots in for a takedown but Yehudiah shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Waters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yehudiah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yehudiah slips under a jab.
Waters buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Waters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yehudiah wants to land a leg kick but Waters is out of range.
Waters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yehudiah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Waters. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waters is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Yehudiah.
Waters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick from Yehudiah lands but Waters takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Waters is defended easily by Yehudiah.
Waters looks to land a left hand but Yehudiah moved out of range nicely.
Waters takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A big right from Waters misses.
Yehudiah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yehudiah rushes Waters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Waters wants a takedown.
Zagan Yehudiah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Waters.
Yehudiah is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Waters blocks an elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Waters has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yehudiah is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yehudiah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Waters's brow.
Yehudiah controlling the action here for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yehudiah lands a damaging elbow.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yehudiah is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yehudiah throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Waters tries to break the clinch but Yehudiah is controlling the position.

Yehudiah breaks from the clinch.
Waters throws a big shot that misses.
Yehudiah throws a head kick that half lands.

Waters is rocked!

It looks like Dwayne Waters has been cut.
Yehudiah throws an overhand right that drops Waters like a sack of potatoes! Yehudiah dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zagan Yehudiah!