PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willy Yarbourgh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Materla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yarbourgh
vs
Materla

190 cm
26
195 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

183 cm
33
202 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

$300

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 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Willy Yarbourgh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michal Materla!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Materla looks to land a right hand but Yarbourgh moved out of range.
Materla misses the shot to the body.
Yarbourgh ducks under a wild hook from Materla.
Nice body punch from Yarbourgh.

Yarbourgh changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Materla looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yarbourgh looks up at the clock and then as Materla takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yarbourgh smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Materla is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Materla wants to control but Yarbourgh is keeping busy.
Yarbourgh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Materla does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Materla won't allow Yarbourgh to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Materla tries to get to full guard but Yarbourgh has control of the leg.
Materla gets back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Materla keeping moving, preventing Yarbourgh from controlling successfully.
Materla looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Yarbourgh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Materla swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Materla wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Willy Yarbourgh wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Materla looks to throw the jab but Yarbourgh is out of range.
Materla scores with the left hand. Yarbourgh knows he should have avoided that one.
Yarbourgh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Materla.
Yarbourgh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yarbourgh fails with an attempt to clinch.

Materla gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yarbourgh to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Materla is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh trying to control the position from guard on top but Materla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Materla controlling the position.
Materla is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Michal Materla wasn't active enough on the ground.
Donk. Materla catches Yarbourgh right on the button with a cross.

Yarbourgh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Yarbourgh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yarbourgh looking to pass the guard.
Materla is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Michal Materla hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Materla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yarbourgh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Materla swings widly with a right hand
and Yarbourgh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Materla digs a good body shot into Yarbourgh's ribs.
Materla throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Yarbourgh is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yarbourgh ducks straight into an uppercut from Materla and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Yarbourgh manages to regain guard straight away.

Yarbourgh is rocked!

It looks like Willy Yarbourgh has been cut.
Yarbourgh can't keep his opponent in guard - Materla advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Oh Yarbourgh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Materla is working for a kimura but Yarbourgh is defending it quite comfortably.

Materla in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Yarbourgh tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Materla!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michal Materla!
Our winner, Michal Materla, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.