PBP Commentary

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

Yellow
vs
Portugis

185 cm
30
180 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

189 cm
28
165 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Yellow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Raul Portugis!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Portugis lands a really nice looking cross but Yellow seems unphased.
Portugis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Portugis.
Portugis checks a low kick from Yellow.
Yellow slips under a jab.
Portugis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yellow.
Yellow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Portugis moves away.
Yellow takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yellow motions for Portugis to come forward. Yellow throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Portugis moves out of range of the strikes.
Yellow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yellow takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Portugis looks to land a right hand but Yellow moved out of range.
Portugis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yellow misses with a body shot.
Portugis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Portugis lands a leg kick that knocks Yellow off balance momentarily.
Yellow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yellow is looking to score with low kicks.
Portugis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Portugis chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yellow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yellow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Portugis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yellow throws a head kick but Portugis moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Portugis. Beautiful body shot.
Tom Yellow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Yellow misses the target.
Yellow misses with a low kick as Portugis jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yellow. Portugis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yellow throws a leg kick but Portugis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Portugis scores with a nice head shot.
Yellow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Portugis.
Portugis tests Yellow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yellow misses the jab.
Portugis connects with a looping right hand.
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!
Yellow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yellow misses with a low kick as Portugis jumps back.
Yellow gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yellow throws a low kick, looking for Portugis's leg but Portugis calmly moves out of range.
Yellow lands a nice hook to Portugis's body. Portugis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yellow, as that shot connected.
Portugis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yellow blocks a head kick by Portugis.
Portugis scores with a leg kick.
Portugis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yellow's calf.
Portugis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yellow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Portugis scrambles back to his feet.
Yellow scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Portugis finds it's way through Yellow's defenses.
Yellow scores with a decent looking hook.
Yellow looks to throw the jab but Portugis is out of range.
Portugis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yellow.
A telegraphed right hand from Portugis misses the target.
Yellow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Portugis thuds a left hand into Yellow's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Portugis, as that shot connected.
Portugis staying out of range there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Portugis, as that shot connected.
Nice defenses there by Yellow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Portugis blocks the leg kick.
Portugis lands an overhand right.
Nice shot lands for Portugis.
Portugis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Portugis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yellow looks to land a right hand but Portugis moved out of range.
Portugis slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Yellow.
Yellow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yellow throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Portugis misses.
Portugis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Portugis moves out of range of the body kick.
Yellow misses with a right hand
and Portugis makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Portugis.
Portugis connects with a single shot there.
Portugis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Portugis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yellow throws a hook to the side of Portugis's head but Portugis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Portugis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Portugis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Portugis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yellow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Portugis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Portugis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yellow. That did some damage!
Yellow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Portugis.
Portugis misses with a low kick.
Yellow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Portugis scores with a punch to the head.
Yellow connects with a body shot that sends Portugis's belly button to the back.
Portugis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Portugis.
Yellow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yellow misses the jab.
Yellow slips under a jab from Portugis.
Yellow lands with a kick to the temple. Portugis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Portugis lands with an overhand left.
Portugis avoids the body shot from Yellow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Raul Portugis will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yellow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Portugis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Portugis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yellow lands a leg kick that knocks Portugis off balance momentarily.
Yellow works Portugis's body with a nice hook.
Yellow misses with a head kick.
Yellow takes one to the chin there.
Portugis catches Yellow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Raul Portugis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Portugis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yellow ducks under a wild hook from Portugis.
Portugis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yellow on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yellow. Portugis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yellow connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Yellow.
Portugis dodges the punch combination from Yellow.
Yellow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yellow missing with a left hand there. Portugis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yellow avoids a kick to the body.
Yellow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yellow misses with an uppercut.
Portugis scores with a head kick.
Yellow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yellow scores with the left hand. Portugis knows he should have avoided that one.
Yellow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Portugis lands a leg kick that knocks Yellow off balance momentarily.
Yellow takes a jab right on the kisser.
Portugis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yellow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yellow takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yellow misses with a double jab.
Portugis lands a jab.
Portugis scores with a shot to the body.
Yellow walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yellow throws a sloppy head kick and Portugis moves out of range easily.
Portugis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Portugis.
Portugis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yellow on the side of the head.
Yellow is looking to land body kicks.
Yellow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yellow misses the shot to the body.
Yellow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yellow misses with a looping left.
Portugis lands a glancing blow to the side of Yellow's head.
Portugis avoids the head kick by Yellow.
Yellow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Portugis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yellow takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sloppy strikes from Yellow. Those never looked like landing.
Yellow throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Portugis counters with a low kick, right behind Yellow 's knee.
Portugis is looking to slow Yellow down with leg kicks.
Portugis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Portugis feints and then cracks Yellow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yellow down.
Portugis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Yellow pinned against the cage. Yellow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Portugis connects with a leg kick. Yellow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yellow misses the shot to the body.
Portugis connects with a leg kick. Yellow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yellow misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yellow.
Portugis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Portugis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yellow's hands.
Portugis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yellow.
Portugis ducks under a wild hook from Yellow.
Portugis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yellow works Portugis's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Yellow misses the target.
Nice jab there from Portugis.
Yellow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yellow tests Portugis's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yellow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Portugis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Portugis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Yellow misses.
Portugis moves forwards but Yellow connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Portugis lands a jab to the head.
Yellow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yellow there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yellow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Portugis.
Yellow throws a jab but it's blocked by Portugis.
Yellow is looking to land body kicks.
Yellow walks into a stiff left hand from Portugis.
Portugis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Yellow sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Portugis somewhat.
Yellow throws a head kick but Portugis moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Portugis as he connects with a hook.
Yellow shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Yellow misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Portugis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Yellow on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Portugis lands a really nice looking cross but Yellow seems unphased.
Yellow loads up on a big right hand but Portugis slips the punch.
Yellow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Portugis manages to avoid it.
Yellow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Portugis feints and then cracks Yellow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yellow down.
Yellow misses with a head kick.
Portugis works the jab nicely.
Yellow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Yellow is rocked!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Portugis.
Oh Yellow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Portugis cracks Yellow with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Yellow falls to his knees and Portugis doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raul Portugis!
A victorious Raul Portugis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.