PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Yvel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Yvel
vs
Po

185 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

215 cm
23
285 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Melvin Yvel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Po rushes Yvel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Po with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yvel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yvel tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Po managing to block the knees to the body from Yvel.
Po lands an elbow inside.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Po has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Yvel is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Po clinches with his opponent.
Yvel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yvel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Yvel.
Po looks winded!
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yvel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yvel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yvel misses with a knee strike.

Po breaks the clinch.
Yvel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Po paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yvel throws a head punch that misses.
Po with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yvel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Po's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Yvel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yvel tries to clinch there but Po circles away.
Po keeps the fight on the outside.

Po closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yvel blocks an elbow strike.
Yvel tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Po blocks a body shot from Yvel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Po manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Po breaks from the clinch.

Po pushes Yvel up against the cage in a clinch.
Po on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Po escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Po clinches with his opponent.
Yvel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yvel tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Yvel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Po breaks the clinch.

Po forces Yvel back against the cage and clinches.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yvel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Po utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yvel looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Po.
Yvel takes an elbow to the temple.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yvel misses with a knee strike.
Po connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yvel's face.

Po breaks from the clinch.

Po closes the distance and pushes Yvel back into the cage.
Yvel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Po putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yvel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Yvel looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po lands a good knee to the midsection. Yvel won't want to take too many of those.
Po connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Melvin Yvel has been cut.
Knees to the body from Po.
Po connects with a knee to the head.
Po lands an elbow inside that Yvel shrugs off.

Po's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Po clinches up with Yvel and pushes him back against the cage.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.

Po breaks the clinch.

Po pushes Yvel up against the cage in a clinch.
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Po lands an elbow that stopped Yvel in his tracks for a moment.
Yvel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yvel takes an elbow to the forehead.

Po breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Melvin Yvel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Po forces Yvel back against the cage and clinches.
Yvel landing knees to the head.

It looks like Tong Po has been cut.
Po looking to throw knees to the head but Yvel is blocking nicely.
Yvel connects with a knee to the head.
Yvel looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Yvel trying to land knees to the body.
Yvel tries a body shot but Po blocks it.
Yvel looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Yvel tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Yvel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Po scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yvel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Po crunches a lovely knee into Yvel's ribcage.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
Yvel misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Po breaks from the clinch.

Po moves into the clinch.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
Po lands a nice elbow.
Yvel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Po rushes Yvel and presses him up against the cage.
Po utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yvel throws a knee to the head but misses.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Po moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Yvel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Po.
Po lands a nice knee to the body.
Yvel throws a punch but it's blocked by Po.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Po closes the distance and pushes Yvel back into the cage.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yvel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po landing knees to the head.
Po using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Po connects with a knee to the head.
Yvel misses with a knee to the head.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tong Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yvel gets tackled into the cage by Po. Po maintains the clinch.

Po manages to break the clinch.

Po moves into the clinch.
Po scores a nice knee to the body.

Po escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Po moves into range and clinches up with Yvel.
Yvel misses with a knee strike.
Yvel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yvel's face.
Po putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yvel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Po scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Po lands an elbow just above Yvel 's eye.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Po drives through and clinches with Yvel against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yvel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Po clinches up against the cage.
Po scores a nice knee to the body.
Po scores a nice knee to the body.

Po breaks the clinch.

Po instigates a clinch.

Po breaks the clinch.

Po has closed the distance and engaged Yvel in a clinch.
Po landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Po in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Po landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Po's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Po has managed to clinch.
Tong Po seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Po working Yvel over with knees to the body.
Po with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Yvel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Po forces Yvel back against the cage and clinches.
Po connects with a knee to the head.

Po escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Po fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yvel, pushing him back against the cage.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yvel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Po.
A knee to the head by Po.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Po lands an elbow that stopped Yvel in his tracks for a moment.
Yvel takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yvel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Po forces Yvel back against the cage and clinches.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Po clinches with his opponent.
Yvel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yvel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Po lands a nice knee to the body.
Po landing knees to the head.

Po manages to break the clinch.

Po moves into the clinch.

Po's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Po moves into range and clinches up with Yvel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yvel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yvel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yvel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Po is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Po landing knees to the head.
Po lands an elbow inside that Yvel shrugs off.

Po escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Po takes the fight into the clinch.
Po landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Po has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Po connects with a knee to the head.
Po landing knees to the body.

Po manages to break the clinch.

Po gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yvel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Po manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Po takes the fight into the clinch.
Po landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Po.
A knee to the head by Po.
Po is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Po manages to break the clinch.

Po gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Po manages to break the clinch.

Po gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yvel takes a knee to the side of the body.

Po breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Po gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yvel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Po connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yvel's face.
Po scores with a knee to the head.
Po scores with a knee to the head.
Yvel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Po landing knees to the body.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melvin Yvel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tong Po is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Po clinches up against the cage.
Po landing some nice looking knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tong Po comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Po has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tong Po!