PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike McKinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Yuskevich
vs
McKinley

186 cm
28
224 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

194 cm
26
204 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

M/S Paint Fightwear

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yimi Yuskevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike McKinley!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKinley throws a solid leg kick but Yuskevich takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McKinley.
McKinley scores with a push kick.
McKinley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McKinley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McKinley throws a leg kick which misses Yuskevich's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuskevich tries to avoid it.
Yuskevich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yuskevich throws a leg kick but McKinley moved away.
McKinley throws a head kick that Yuskevich semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from McKinley.
McKinley motions for Yuskevich to come forward. McKinley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yuskevich thows a leg kick but McKinley checks it
and McKinley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yuskevich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McKinley connects with an inside leg kick.
McKinley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yuskevich on the side of the head.
McKinley avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick by McKinley misses
and Yuskevich counters with an outside leg kick.
McKinley lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from McKinley misses.
Yuskevich tries to work over McKinley's front leg with a kick but McKinley checks it.
McKinley misses with a low kick.
Yuskevich throws a right and a left that McKinley avoids nicely.
Yuskevich throws a low kick but McKinley avoids it.
McKinley throws a head kick but Yuskevich moves out of range.
McKinley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yuskevich wants to slow McKinley down by chopping away at his legs.
McKinley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McKinley throws a quick inside leg kick.
McKinley lands a slapping body shot.
Yuskevich is looking to chop away at McKinley's legs.
Yuskevich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yuskevich is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from McKinley does no damage.
McKinley cracks Yuskevich with an open hand slap.
Yuskevich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McKinley lands a nice looking body shot.
McKinley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yuskevich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McKinley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McKinley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yuskevich has time to react.
Yuskevich throws a lazy head kick
and McKinley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McKinley lands the left hand.
Yuskevich avoids a punch combination nicely.
McKinley connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McKinley.
McKinley jabs at Yuskevich's body.
McKinley stuns Yuskevich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yuskevich lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yuskevich misses with a leg kick
enabling McKinley to counter with a crisp jab.
McKinley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yuskevich.
McKinley scores with the left hand. Yuskevich knows he should have avoided that one.
McKinley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yuskevich throws a head kick that half lands.
McKinley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good exchange - McKinley coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

McKinley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yuskevich to score an easy takedown into full guard.
McKinley controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich tries to free his leg and advance position but McKinley is retaining full guard.
McKinley wants to sweep here but Yuskevich controlling him for the moment.
Yuskevich wants to control from the top but McKinley keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike McKinley was stalling too much, according to the referee.
McKinley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McKinley lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike McKinley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yuskevich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McKinley.
Yuskevich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yuskevich throws out a leg kick but McKinley moves out of range and Yuskevich only half commits.
McKinley throws a head kick that misses.
McKinley misses the jab.
Yimi Yuskevich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yuskevich shoots in for a takedown but McKinley shows good takedown defense.
McKinley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McKinley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yuskevich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yuskevich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McKinley misses the jab.
McKinley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McKinley moves out of range of the leg kick from Yuskevich.
Yuskevich misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKinley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McKinley.
McKinley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yuskevich is defended easily by McKinley.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McKinley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yuskevich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McKinley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yuskevich connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McKinley scrambles back to his feet.
Yuskevich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yuskevich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mike McKinley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McKinley wants to slow Yuskevich down by chopping away at his legs.
McKinley looks to land a right hand but Yuskevich moved out of range.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Yuskevich.
McKinley swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yuskevich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McKinley throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yuskevich avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yuskevich misses with an uppercut. McKinley saw that one coming.
Yuskevich misses with a low kick.
McKinley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McKinley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McKinley tries a head kick but it misses.
McKinley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yuskevich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McKinley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yuskevich. Yuskevich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A bone on bone clash there as Yuskevich blocks the leg kick.
Yuskevich blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich looks to land a body kick but McKinley moved away.
McKinley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yuskevich's sensitive parts.
McKinley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McKinley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yuskevich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McKinley.
Yuskevich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McKinley is fending him off so far but Yuskevich persists. Nope, McKinley circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yimi Yuskevich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yuskevich takes a kick to the side of the head.
McKinley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McKinley scores with a push kick.
Donk. McKinley catches Yuskevich right on the button with a cross.
McKinley scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKinley cracks Yuskevich with an open hand slap.
Yuskevich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McKinley throws a leg kick which misses Yuskevich's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuskevich tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
McKinley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McKinley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Yuskevich is rocked!
Yuskevich walks forward, straight into a front kick from McKinley.
McKinley throws a nice inside leg kick.
McKinley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice shot by McKinley.
Yuskevich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McKinley to score with a decent uppercut.
Oh Yuskevich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McKinley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McKinley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McKinley punishes Yuskevich's body with a nice straight punch.
McKinley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by McKinley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yuskevich will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fighters circle, before McKinley throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Yuskevich's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! McKinley lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mike McKinley!
After winning the bout, Mike McKinley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.