PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kanir Kaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kreg Yamovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kaan
vs
Yamovitch

181 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
32
155 lbs
13 - 16 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kanir Kaan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kreg Yamovitch!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamovitch misses the shot to the body.
Yamovitch misses with the combination.
Yamovitch misses with a few strikes there.
Yamovitch tries to work over Kaan's front leg with a kick but Kaan checks it.
Kaan cracks Yamovitch with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kaan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kaan digs a good hook to Yamovitch's body.
Kanir Kaan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaan avoids the head kick by Yamovitch.
Yamovitch misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamovitch. Kaan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamovitch looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaan is just out of range.
Kaan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yamovitch under the eye.
Kaan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamovitch.
Kaan connects with the punch.
Yamovitch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kaan.
Kaan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yamovitch misses with a wild combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kaan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kaan jabs Yamovitch to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kaan takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kaan, as that shot connected.
Kaan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yamovitch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kaan connects with a single shot there.

Kaan takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Kaan on the inside.
Kaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kaan lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kaan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamovitch backwards.
Yamovitch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaan lands a left hand.
Yamovitch missing with knees to the body.
Kaan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yamovitch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaan avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamovitch working hard to break the clinch.
Kaan leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yamovitch gets through Kaan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamovitch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Kaan.
Kaan lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamovitch backwards.
Yamovitch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kaan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yamovitch takes a shot to the head.
Kaan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yamovitch's defenses.
Kaan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yamovitch backwards.
Kaan misses with a body punch.
Yamovitch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kaan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamovitchs head.
Kaan lands with a left to the head.
Yamovitch throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamovitch working aggressively here.
Kaan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kaan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yamovitch backwards.
Kaan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kaan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kaan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamovitch or not.
Kaan is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamovitch gets an underhook and turns Kaan into the cage.
Kaan works on Yamovitch's body with a couple of short punches.
Yamovitch being controlled against the cage.
Yamovitch jumps guard but Kaan stands there with Yamovitch around his waist. Yamovitch gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kaan blocks a body shot from Yamovitch.
Kaan stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaan lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamovitch.
Kaan lands with a light punch inside.
Kaan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamovitchs head.
A hook to the body from Kaan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kaan.
Kaan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Kaan as the two fighters clinch.
Kaan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamovitch looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Kaan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Kaan.
Kaan blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A hook to the body from Kaan.
Kaan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamovitch backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kaan scores with a push kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yamovitch. Those never looked like landing.
Yamovitch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamovitch connects with a body shot that sends Kaan's belly button to the back.

Kaan tries to sprawl but Yamovitch drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kaan is looking to improve his position.
Kaan trying to control but Yamovitch postures up.
Yamovitch prevents Kaan from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamovitch missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kaan trying to control from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kanir Kaan wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Yamovitch decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kaan has a hand on Yamovitch's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yamovitch takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Kaan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaan is looking to improve his position but Yamovitch isn't that keen on the idea.
Yamovitch trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yamovitch misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Yamovitch landing strikes, looking to finish!

Kaan is rocked!
Kaan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kaan tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Kaan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamovitch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yamovitch lands a big elbow - Kaan is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Kaan is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kreg Yamovitch!