PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Yee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Banner
vs
Yee

182 cm
26
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Banner.
Yee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Banner. Banner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Banner throws a jab when Yee was well out of range.
Yee just misses with a punch to the body.
Banner throws a series of punches but Yee moves out of range.
Banner swings widly with a right hand
and Yee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Banner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Yee to counter with a crisp jab.
Banner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yee was well out of range. Poor timing from Banner.
Yee swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Banner to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yee. Banner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yee scores with a hook to the body. Banner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yee scores with a body shot.
Yee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Banner rather than just go for the knockout.
Banner misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Yee to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the liver by Yee. Beautiful body shot.

Yee clinches up with Banner and pushes him back against the cage.
Yee misses with some punches.
Yee lands a damaging elbow.
Yee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banner.
Banner tries to work over Yee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yee has a couple of punches blocked by Banner.
Banner misses with a body punch.
Yee lands an elbow that stopped Banner in his tracks for a moment.
Yee working aggressively here.
Yee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yee lands a damaging elbow.
Banner takes an elbow to the temple.
Yee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yee.
Yee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner blocks an uppercut.
Yee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yee throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banner.
Yee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Banner blocking some punches.
Yee misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yee.
Yee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Yee throws a punch but it's blocked by Banner.
Yee lands an elbow inside.

Banner is rocked!
Yee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Banner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yee creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Banner with a big uppercut! Banner tries to clinch up but Yee pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Banner to the mat! Banner covers up and Yee unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jason Yee!