PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kendo Yanar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yanar
vs
Baxter

174 cm
24
193 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Perkele!

Fight Night Nutrition
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kendo Yanar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Baxter!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter tries a head kick but it misses.
Yanar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baxter attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Baxter misses with a head kick.
Baxter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baxter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baxter chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Yanar fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Baxter to the ground. Yanar is now in Baxter's guard.
Baxter controlling Yanar's posture.
Yanar works over Baxter with some ground and pound from guard.
Yanar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yanar is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baxter controls Yanar momentarily but Yanar frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yanar wants to pass the guard but Baxter is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter is trying to keep Yanar in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Baxter.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baxter. That's going to slow Yanar down.
Yanar scores with a sloppy right hand. Baxter should have avoided that one.
Yanar misses the shot to the body.
Baxter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yanar's calf.
Yanar scores with a nice head shot.
Yanar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yanar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yanar is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baxter throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Baxter. Beautiful body shot.

Yanar gets a double leg takedown into Baxter's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Baxter manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Yanar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Baxter is aware though and is defending well.
Yanar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yanar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baxter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yanar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baxter keeps working.
Yanar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar slips a nice elbow through Baxter's hands, connecting with Baxter's forehead.
Baxter tries to roll over but Yanar keeps him under control.
Baxter is trying is best to control the position here.
Baxter tries to roll over but Yanar keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yanar in particular looking to stall.
Baxter punching from the bottom.
Baxter wants to control but Yanar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Yanar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Yanar is nestled in close to Baxter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yanar is nestled in close to Baxter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yanar wants to pass the guard but Baxter is defending well.
Yanar throwing shots but Baxter is blocking nicely.
Yanar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yanar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Baxter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Baxter is rocked!
Yanar lands with some strikes.
Baxter is still in real trouble! Can Yanar finish him?
Baxter is trying to escape the mount.
Yanar landing shots from mount.
Yanar controlling from the full mount.
Yanar raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baxter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yanar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yanar unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Baxter wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Yanar celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kendo Yanar!
Kendo Yanar retains his middleweight title!
Kendo Yanar decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.