PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zhijing Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Yakovchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakovchenko has chosen Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone as his entrance music. Zhijing Wang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wang
vs
Yakovchenko

179 cm
20
162 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Outkast Clothing Line
Brute

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zhijing Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Yakovchenko!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wang bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Yakovchenko is not content to let Wang control the position.
Yakovchenko tries to buck Wang off but Wang is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Yakovchenko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Wang is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yakovchenko has escaped the position, nice work there.
Yakovchenko is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Wang off and has taken his back!
Yakovchenko is hanging on to Wang's back as he tries to escape.
Wang has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Yakovchenko.
Yakovchenko punishes Wang with strikes from the back mount.

Wang fending off the submission attempt from Yakovchenko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang wants to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakovchenko is landing with strikes from the back.
Yakovchenko scores with punches from the back.
Yakovchenko gets his hands free as Wang looks to control.
Wang is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Yakovchenko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wang covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yakovchenko lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Wang is trying to defend against the choke here but Yakovchenko has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Yakovchenko Tightens the hold and Wang taps out furiously! Yakovchenko displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Igor Yakovchenko!
A relieved looking Igor Yakovchenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.