PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edge Yota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boo Hamster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hamster's choice of entrance music: Life on Mars?. Edge Yota looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Yota
vs
Hamster

177 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

181 cm
19
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edge Yota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boo Hamster!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamster tries to clinch there but Yota circles away.
Yota fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hamster manages to avoid it.
Hamster shoots in but Yota avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hamster is looking to clinch.

Hamster has Yota up against the cage in a clinch.
Yota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hamster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yota is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hamster is keeping busy.
Hamster looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamster's elbow.
Hamster tries to land a knee to the head but Yota blocks with his arms.
Yota wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamster stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hamster using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yota is breathing heavily.
Hamster slows down the pace here.
Yota avoiding damage as Hamster throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster trying to land knees to the body.
Hamster avoiding damage.
Hamster is looking to control Yota's arms but Yota gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hamster has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Boo Hamster.
Hamster scores with a head kick.
Yota fails with the takedown
and Hamster counters with a left to the body.
Hamster is looking to clinch.
Yota throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yota shoots and misses

and Hamster counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yota's guard now.
Yota managing to control the position.
Yota wants to stand but Hamster is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yota tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hamster postures up.
Hamster slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hamster trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yota's guard.
Hamster looking to pass the guard.
Yota is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Yota throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamster.
Hamster throws a head kick but Yota moves out of range.
Yota changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hamster tries to avoid it but Yota manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hamster to the ground. Hamster escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edge Yota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yota tries to clinch up but Hamster circles away and keeps his distance.
Yota looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hamster fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hamster shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yota but Yota pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Yota scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Yota is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamster moves into full guard.
Hamster trying to keep a closed guard but Yota is proving a slippery customer.
Yota won't allow Hamster to get back to his feet.

Hamster uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Hamster has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boo Hamster dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hamster takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yota just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hamster's brow.
Hamster has Yota pressed against the cage.
Yota takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yota blocks it with crossed arms.
Hamster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hamster misses with a knee to the head.
Hamster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamster misses with a knee to the head.
Hamster stalling.
Hamster misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hamster throws an elbow but misses.
Hamster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yota drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The is referee keeping an eye on Hamster - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamster misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yota avoiding damage as Hamster throws knees to the body.
Hamster stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yota takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster crunches a lovely knee into Yota's ribcage.
Hamster misses with a knee strike.
Yota managing to block the knees to the body from Hamster.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hamster takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Yota has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hamster uses from the top position.
Hamster trying to control the position from guard on top but Yota is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hamster gets to his feet. Yota looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Yota tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hamster counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hamster wants to get back to his feet.
Yota trying to control but Hamster postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamster slows the pace down in half guard.

Yota looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Hamster decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Hamster moves in looking to clinch but Yota pushes him off.

Yota clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamster controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yota avoiding damage as Hamster throws knees to the body.
Yota tries to pull guard but Hamster won't allow it.
Yota fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edge Yota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamster looking to throw knees to the head but Yota is blocking nicely.
Hamster trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Hamster - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hamster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamster is pressed up against the cage. Yota has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hamster down to the mat. Hamster avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hamster throws a sloppy head kick and Yota moves out of range easily.
Hamster misses with a takedown attempt

and Yota counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Yota.
Yota preventing the sweep.

Hamster scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hamster tries to clinch up

and Yota counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamster is not content to let Yota control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yota is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hamster is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hamster is trying to stand up here but Yota is controlling him well.
Hamster wants to control but Yota is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamster wants to improve his position but Yota is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Boo Hamster will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hamster throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Yota.

Hamster drives through and clinches with Yota against the cage.
Hamster looking to stall.
Hamster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamster misses with an elbow strike.
Hamster is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hamster is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yota is keeping busy.
Hamster scores with a knee to the head.
Yota tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hamster smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamster shoots for a takedown but Yota saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hamster tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yota swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hamster throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Yota stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Hamster follows into mount!

Yota is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Oh Yota is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hamster! Yota is hurt baaadly! Hamster is firing away with more strikes - Yota is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Boo Hamster!