PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cryst Go (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taj Yaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taj Yaya will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Go
vs
Yaya

172 cm
26
169 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

187 cm
27
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Tab out

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cryst Go!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Taj Yaya!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Go throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Go misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yaya.
Go throws a series of punches but Yaya moves out of range.
Go lands a jab to the nose.
Go misses with an uppercut.
Go scores with a punch to the head.
Go misses the shot to the body.
Go looks to land a right hand but Yaya moved out of range.
Go will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yaya throws a sloppy head kick and Go moves out of range easily.
Go fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Go avoids the head kick by Yaya.
Go misses with a straight left.
Go throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaya moves out of range as Go strikes.
Go fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yaya manages to avoid it.
Go misses with a two punch combination.
Go looks to land a left hand but Yaya moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Go throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Go throws a right and a left that both miss.
Go throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Go tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Go lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yaya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Go misses the shot to the body.
Go swinging wildly here.
Go throws a leg kick that is checked

and Yaya counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaya lands a nice elbow.
Yaya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yaya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaya lands an elbow inside.
Yaya landing knees to the head.
Go wants to get back to striking at distance but Yaya won't allow it.
Yaya misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yaya.
Go is breathing heavily.
Yaya lands a nice knee to the body.
Yaya lands an elbow that stopped Go in his tracks for a moment.
Go takes an elbow to the temple.
Go takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yaya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yaya lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Go's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yaya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yaya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaya lands a damaging elbow.
Yaya is pushing Go up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yaya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Go in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Yaya.
Yaya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yaya obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yaya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yaya lands a nice elbow.
Yaya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yaya landing knees to the head.
Yaya lands an elbow inside.
Yaya scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Yaya.
Nice elbow from Yaya.
Yaya scores a nice knee to the body.
Yaya lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yaya.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yaya.
Yaya working Go over with knees to the body.
Yaya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Go takes an elbow to the temple.
Yaya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Yaya landing knees to the body.
Yaya lands a knee to the head.
Yaya lands a knee to the body.
Go takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yaya.
Yaya lands a knee to the head.
Yaya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Come on Yaya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taj Yaya dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yaya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Go sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yaya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Go.
Go loads up on a big right hand but Yaya slips the punch.
Yaya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yaya doesn't manage to clinch there - Go circles away.
Go misses with a body shot.
Yaya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Go scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yaya in his tracks.
Yaya slips under a jab from Go.

Yaya lands a head kick that stumbles Go and the fighters go to the mat.

Go is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Yaya wants to stand but Go is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Go manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yaya manages to get himself to full guard.
Yaya utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Go controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Yaya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaya wants to stand and escape but Go is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cryst Go wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Go throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yaya ducks under a wild hook from Go.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Go!
Go scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Go misses with a body shot.
Yaya tries to clinch but Go moves out of range.
Yaya misses with a straight left.
Go ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yaya moves away.
Yaya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Go throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cryst Go is winning the standup battle so far.
Yaya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Go misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yaya.
Yaya cracks the inside of Go's front leg.
Go looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yaya drops his hands momentarily and Go takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Go misses with a series of wild punches.
Yaya fails in his attempt to clinch.
Go misses the shot to the body.
Go keeps the fight on the outside.

Yaya moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaya lands a knee to the head.
Go takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yaya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Go in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yaya is pushing Go up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Go's face.
Yaya lands an elbow that stopped Go in his tracks for a moment.
Yaya lands a good knee to the midsection. Go won't want to take too many of those.
Go takes an elbow to the temple.
Yaya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yaya lands an elbow that stopped Go in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Yaya.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yaya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Go's defenses.
Yaya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yaya lands a damaging elbow.
Yaya lands an elbow inside that Go shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taj Yaya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Yaya closes the distance and clinches.
Yaya lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yaya.
Oh Go is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Cryst Go has been cut.
Go tries to break free but Yaya pushes him back against the cage.
Go seems to have got his legs back now.
Yaya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yaya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Go lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Yaya.
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!
Yaya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yaya landing knees to the body.
Yaya scores with a knee to the head.
Yaya lands an elbow inside that Go shrugs off.
Yaya lands an elbow that stopped Go in his tracks for a moment.
Yaya working Go over with knees to the body.
Yaya pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Go! Yaya unloads with more strikes and Go sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taj Yaya!
Taj Yaya gave a mention to Tab out in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).