PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Marcel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Yamokivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcel comes into the arena with city of angels blaring out of the sound system. Ronan Yamokivic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marcel
vs
Yamokivic

170 cm
31
167 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

178 cm
26
170 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesse Marcel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronan Yamokivic!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Yamokivic misses.
Marcel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamokivic.
Marcel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yamokivic lands an overhand right.
Marcel swings for the body but Yamokivic moves out of range.
Yamokivic lands with a cross.
Marcel lands a jab-cross combination.
Marcel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamokivic.
Marcel avoids the body shot from Yamokivic.
Marcel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamokivic.
Yamokivic dips to his left and cracks Marcel with an uppercut!
Yamokivic misses with a hook. Marcel ducked under it nicely.
Marcel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marcel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamokivic just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamokivic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamokivic. Marcel does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamokivic motions for Marcel to come forward. Yamokivic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marcel works the jab nicely.
A slow jab from Yamokivic misses its intended target.
Marcel scores with a kick to the body.
Yamokivic misses with a looping left.
Marcel throws out a loose jab but Yamokivic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcel circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamokivic dips to his left and cracks Marcel with an uppercut!
Yamokivic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marcel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marcel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marcel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamokivic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yamokivic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yamokivic throws an overhand right that lands on Marcel's shoulder, as Marcel tries to avoid the shot.
Marcel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic misses with an uppercut
and Marcel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marcel loads up on a big right hand but Yamokivic slips the punch.
Marcel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamokivic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot
and Marcel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamokivic avoids the head kick by Marcel.
Donk. Marcel catches Yamokivic right on the button with a cross.
Marcel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yamokivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcel manages to avoid it.
Marcel lands a right hook to the body.
Marcel connects with an inside leg kick.
Yamokivic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marcel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marcel misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcel takes a swing at Yamokivic's ribcage but misses.
Marcel misses the shot to the body.
Marcel misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamokivic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamokivic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marcel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yamokivic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamokivic jabs Marcel right on the nose. Marcel blinks but takes it well.
Yamokivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Marcel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamokivic misses with a looping right.
Marcel misses with a leg kick.
Marcel misses with a double jab.
Marcel misses with a straight right.
Marcel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yamokivic misses with a hook to the body
and Marcel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marcel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcel throws an off balance right hand
and Yamokivic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yamokivic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamokivic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marcel slips under a jab.
Marcel misses with a right hand
and Yamokivic counters with a nice uppercut.
Marcel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marcel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Yamokivic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamokivic throws out a loose jab but Marcel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamokivic throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marcel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marcel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marcel scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamokivic should have avoided that one.
Marcel moves away from the strike by Yamokivic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ronan Yamokivic will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marcel misses with a straight right.
Marcel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yamokivic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marcel scrambles back to his feet.
Ronan Yamokivic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamokivic throws a hook but Marcel blocks it.
Marcel defending well as Yamokivic loads up on a big left hand.
Marcel swings for the body but Yamokivic moves out of range.
Marcel lands a glancing blow to the side of Yamokivic's head.
Marcel looks to land a left hand but Yamokivic moved out of range nicely.
Marcel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marcel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yamokivic's head backwards.
Marcel misses the shot to the body.
Yamokivic checks a low kick from Marcel.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcel.
Yamokivic blocks a head kick by Marcel.
Marcel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marcel misses with an uppercut. Yamokivic saw that one coming.
Marcel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yamokivic!
Yamokivic connects with a body shot.
Marcel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marcel avoids the body shot from Yamokivic.
Yamokivic lands a jab to Marcel's midsection.
Marcel misses with a body punch
and Yamokivic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marcel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamokivic.
Marcel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yamokivic counters with a straight right hand.
Marcel throws a looping overhand right but Yamokivic ducks down to avoid it.
Yamokivic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yamokivic circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamokivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marcel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamokivic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Marcel.
Marcel looks to land a combination but Yamokivic avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Marcel.
Marcel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamokivic scores with a jab to the head.
Yamokivic slips a straight right by Marcel.
Yamokivic missing with a left hand there. Marcel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamokivic's hands.
Yamokivic misses with a series of wild punches.
Marcel throws a sloppy head kick and Yamokivic moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marcel. Yamokivic does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Yamokivic lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamokivic. Marcel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamokivic clobbers Marcel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yamokivic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yamokivic blocks the body kick.
Marcel throws an overhand right that lands on Yamokivic's shoulder, as Yamokivic tries to avoid the shot.
Yamokivic moves away from the strike by Marcel.
Marcel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Marcel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marcel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcel throws a sloppy head kick and Yamokivic moves out of range easily.
Marcel misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Marcel misses its intended target.
Yamokivic looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcel is just out of range.
Yamokivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcel manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic scores with a hook.
Yamokivic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marcel staying out of range there.
Yamokivic lands with a good body shot.
Yamokivic punishes Marcel's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamokivic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marcel staying out of range there.
Marcel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by Yamokivic.
Marcel ducks under a wild hook from Yamokivic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamokivic scores with a decent looking hook.
Marcel slips a straight right by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic throws a right and a left that Marcel avoids nicely.
Yamokivic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marcel's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Yamokivic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jab from Yamokivic.
Marcel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamokivic misses with a straight right.
Marcel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yamokivic throws out the jab.
Marcel dodges the punch combination from Yamokivic.
Marcel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yamokivic misses with a hook to the body
and Marcel counters with a low kick, right behind Yamokivic 's knee.
Yamokivic throws a hook but Marcel avoids it easily.
Yamokivic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamokivic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamokivic takes a swing at Marcel's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Yamokivic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamokivic.
Marcel throws a looping overhand right but Yamokivic ducks down to avoid it.
A lazy left from Marcel finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamokivic throws a body punch but Marcel moves out of range.
Yamokivic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marcel's corner calls for a 1-2. Marcel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marcel tries a head kick but it misses.
Marcel throws a sloppy head kick and Yamokivic moves out of range easily.
Yamokivic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamokivic scores with a nice head shot.
Yamokivic misses the shot to the body.
Marcel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marcel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yamokivic looks to land a left hand but Marcel moved out of range nicely.
Yamokivic misses with a right hand
and Marcel counters with a leg kick.
Marcel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jesse Marcel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic lands with a nice combination. Marcel backs away looking to recover.
Marcel avoids the body shot from Yamokivic.
Yamokivic misses the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamokivic slips a jab from Marcel.
Marcel connects with a single shot there.
Yamokivic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marcel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yamokivic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marcel scrambles back to his feet.
Marcel looks for the body kick but Yamokivic saw that one coming.
Marcel takes one to the chin there.
Marcel fails to land with a series of punches.
Marcel misses with a hook.
A big left from Marcel misses.
Yamokivic works over Marcel's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yamokivic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marcel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marcel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamokivic cracks a nice hook into Marcel's ribs.
Marcel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yamokivic throws a looping overhand right but Marcel ducks down to avoid it.
Yamokivic moves out of range of the strikes.
Marcel needs to keep his hands up - Yamokivic had a free shot at his head there.
Yamokivic lands a jab to Marcel's midsection.
A big left from Marcel misses.
Marcel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big right from Marcel misses.
Marcel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ronan Yamokivic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice uppercut there from Marcel.
Yamokivic misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamokivic thows a body shot but no joy.
Marcel throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Marcel misses.
Yamokivic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marcel has time to react.
A left and a right from Yamokivic both land. Nice combination.
Marcel misses with an uppercut. Yamokivic saw that one coming.
Yamokivic missing with a left hand there. Marcel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamokivic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marcel was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamokivic.
Marcel staying out of range there.
Yamokivic looks to land a combination. Marcel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronan Yamokivic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yamokivic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronan Yamokivic!
A pretty intense looking Ronan Yamokivic took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.