PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bonhomme Sept Heures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sept Heures is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Monster Mash. Roman Yakimyuk has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Yakimyuk
vs
Sept Heures

177 cm
23
167 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

164 cm
27
165 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Roman Yakimyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bonhomme Sept Heures!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakimyuk scores with a nice strike.
Sept Heures thumps Yakimyuk with a low kick.

Sept Heures closes the distance and clinches.
Sept Heures trying to land knees to the body.
Sept Heures misses with a knee strike.
Sept Heures is working Yakimyuk over against the cage.
Sept Heures misses with a punch to the body.
Yakimyuk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sept Heures tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yakimyuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yakimyuk misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Sept Heures.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakimyuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sept Heures blocks a body shot from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk scores with a shoulder strike.

Sept Heures decides to pull guard.

Sept Heures is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sept Heures has a closed guard, preventing Yakimyuk from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sept Heures looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yakimyuk showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Sept Heures is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yakimyuk is aware though and is defending well.

Sept Heures has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yakimyuk can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sept Heures can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yakimyuk controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Yakimyuk will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Roman Yakimyuk just wasn't active enough.
Nice straight punches there by Yakimyuk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sept Heures connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakimyuk lands with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Yakimyuk. Beautiful body shot.
Yakimyuk tests Sept Heures's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sept Heures closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sept Heures takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yakimyuk connects with a body shot that sends Sept Heures's belly button to the back.
Sept Heures takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yakimyuk lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sept Heures shoots in for a takedown but Yakimyuk shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from Yakimyuk misses.
Sept Heures moves in looking to clinch but Yakimyuk pushes him off.
Yakimyuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yakimyuk throws out a leg kick but Sept Heures moves out of range and Yakimyuk only half commits.
Sept Heures tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yakimyuk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yakimyuk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sept Heures's head.
Yakimyuk swats away the attempt to clinch by Sept Heures.
Sept Heures looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yakimyuk lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sept Heures tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yakimyuk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sept Heures slips a jab and a cross from Yakimyuk.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sept Heures tries to clinch
and Yakimyuk counters with a two punch combo.
Sept Heures tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yakimyuk swivels and escapes.
Yakimyuk moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sept Heures in his tracks.
Yakimyuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Yakimyuk gets tackled into the cage by Sept Heures. Sept Heures maintains the clinch.
Sept Heures works on Yakimyuk's body with a couple of short punches.
Yakimyuk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sept Heures crunches a lovely knee into Yakimyuk's ribcage.
Sept Heures missing with knees to the body.
Yakimyuk blocking some punches.
Yakimyuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yakimyuk lands a body punch.
Yakimyuk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yakimyuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sept Heures tries to work over Yakimyuk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sept Heures trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk can't find room to land a body shot as Sept Heures controls the action.
Nice body punch from Sept Heures - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yakimyuk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Yakimyuk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yakimyuk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sept Heures looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yakimyuk lands a nice looking body shot.
Sept Heures wants to clinch but Yakimyuk slips to the side
and Yakimyuk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sept Heures thows a body kick. Yakimyuk tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yakimyuk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Sept Heures has managed to clinch.
Yakimyuk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sept Heures backwards.
Sept Heures tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakimyuk avoids the damage to the body.
Sept Heures misses with a punch to the body.
Yakimyuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yakimyuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Sept Heures trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sept Heures goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Yakimyuk.
Bonhomme Sept Heures seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yakimyuk has a couple of punches blocked by Sept Heures.
Yakimyuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sept Heures throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yakimyuk is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sept Heures throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sept Heures tries a body shot but Yakimyuk blocks it.
Sept Heures blocks a body shot from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk tries to work over Sept Heures's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sept Heures struggles to land a body shot inside as Yakimyuk controls his hands.
Sept Heures misses with a punch on the inside.
Yakimyuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yakimyuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sept Heures landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sept Heures trying to land knees to the body.
Yakimyuk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sept Heures backwards.
Yakimyuk struggles to land a body shot inside as Sept Heures controls his hands.
Yakimyuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Yakimyuk misses with the head strike.
Yakimyuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yakimyuk scores with a hook to the body.
Yakimyuk can't find room to land a body shot as Sept Heures controls the action.
Yakimyuk lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sept Heures.
Sept Heures working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sept Heures with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sept Heures tries to pull guard but Yakimyuk holds him up against the cage and eventually Sept Heures drops back down to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yakimyuk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yakimyuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yakimyuk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sept Heures backwards.
Yakimyuk works on Sept Heures's body with a couple of short punches.
Sept Heures tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yakimyuk's elbow.
Yakimyuk scores with a shot to the side of Sept Heures's head.
Yakimyuk tries to work over Sept Heures's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yakimyuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sept Heures tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yakimyuk avoids it.
Sept Heures tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yakimyuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yakimyuk lands with a left to the head.
Sept Heures misses with the head strike.
Sept Heures tries to land a knee to the head but Yakimyuk blocks with his arms.
Sept Heures misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yakimyuk scores with a shot to the side of Sept Heures's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sept Heures struggles to land a body shot inside as Yakimyuk controls his hands.
Sept Heures is trying to pull guard but Yakimyuk turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sept Heures is breathing heavily.
Yakimyuk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sept Heures or not.
A short right from Yakimyuk.
A short body shot lands from Yakimyuk as the two fighters clinch.
Yakimyuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Yakimyuk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yakimyuk lands a shot to the body.
Sept Heures tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yakimyuk avoids it.
Sept Heures tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakimyuk avoids the damage to the body.
Yakimyuk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sept Heures missing with knees to the body.
Yakimyuk lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yakimyuk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Yakimyuk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Yakimyuk.
Still in the clinch, Yakimyuk scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Yakimyuk on the inside.
Yakimyuk lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yakimyuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk pushes Sept Heures back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yakimyuk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Sept Heures is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yakimyuk.
Sept Heures is still on wobbly legs! Can Yakimyuk finish him?
Yakimyuk unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sept Heures! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Yakimyuk is unloading with more strikes now! Sept Heures drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Yakimyuk!
Roman Yakimyuk seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.