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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yster Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Treehorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackie Treehorn struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jackie Treehorn has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yster Best's chin.
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225 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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195 cm
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222 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yster Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackie Treehorn!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Treehorn's guard.
Best showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Treehorn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Best. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Best passes into half guard.
Treehorn tries to roll over but Best keeps him under control.
Best is trying to control. Treehorn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Best thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Best wants to free his trapped foot but Treehorn is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Best is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Treehorn sees it coming and defends easily.
Best content to control rather than advance.
Best landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Best is looking for a kimura here.
Treehorn is defending against the submission attempts here by Best.
Best is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Treehorn still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Treehorn has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best is looking for a sweep.
Best sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Best gets back to full guard.
Treehorn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Best controls Treehorn momentarily but Treehorn frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Best has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Treehorn has passed into side control.
Best manages to work his way to half guard, despite Treehorn's best efforts.
Best controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Treehorn wants to get back to his feet.
Best is controlling Treehorn's trapped leg to prevent Treehorn from advancing to side control.
Best looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Treehorn is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The fighters are battling for position here. Best manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Best escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Treehorn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Best has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Treehorn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yster Best 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.
A cross from Treehorn lands.
No luck for Best with that takedown attempt.
Best fails to land the takedown.
Treehorn thows a body shot but no joy.
Best doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Treehorn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yster Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Treehorn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Treehorn wants it to stay on the feet.
Treehorn stuffs the takedown.
Treehorn moves into the clinch.
Best has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Treehorn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Treehorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Treehorn lands with a left to the head.
Best can't get the takedown.
Best blocks a body shot from Treehorn.
Treehorn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Treehorn has a couple of punches blocked by Best.
Best tries to throw a body punch but Treehorn avoids it by throwing Best back against the cage.
Treehorn lands a shot to the body.
Treehorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Best fails to pull guard.
Best is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Treehorn is defending well.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Treehorn.
Treehorn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn gets underhooks to prevent Best's takedown attempt.
Best has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Treehorn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Treehorn misses with some punches.
Best is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Treehorn to keep the fight standing.
Best blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Treehorn lands a hook that snaps the head of Best backwards.
Best fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Best is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Treehorn is defending well.
Best tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Treehorn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Best has hold of one of Treehorn's legs. Treehorn is fighting the takedown attempt but Best gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Yster Best overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Best being controlled here momentarily.
Treehorn has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Best has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best wants to lay and pray for a moment but Treehorn keeps working.
Best thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Treehorn struggling a bit here.
Best advances to full mount.
Best is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Treehorn to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Treehorn shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Best tries to control but Treehorn wriggling away.
Treehorn is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Best locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Treehorn is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yster Best!
After the fight, Yster Best was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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