PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Yamokivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Future's entrance music is Menor do Chapa - Humildade e Disciplina. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Future
vs
Yamokivic

170 cm
34
165 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

178 cm
31
170 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Future!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronan Yamokivic!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Future thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Future throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Yamokivic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Future tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yamokivic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Future ducks under a wild hook from Yamokivic.
Future keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Future uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamokivic.
A shot to the body from Yamokivic misses

and Future moves into the clinch.
Yamokivic is trying to break free.
Yamokivic is trying to force a seperation but Future has the dominant position.
Yamokivic blocks an elbow strike from Future.
Our sources have told us that Future has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Yamokivic struggles to land a body shot inside as Future controls his hands.
Future scores with a shot to the side of Yamokivic's head.
Yamokivic tries to break free but Future pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamokivic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Future tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yamokivic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Future tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamokivic misses with the combination.
Yamokivic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamokivic blocks the body kick.
Yamokivic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Future. That did some damage!
Yamokivic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Future.
Yamokivic throws an off balance right hand
and Future counters with a head kick.
Yamokivic throws a leg kick

and Future counters by moving into the clinch.
Future lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamokivic backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Future - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Future misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic taking a breather.
Future lands a right hand.
Yamokivic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Future'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.
Nice body punch from Future.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Future just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamokivic's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Future pushes off an throws an elbow but Yamokivic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yamokivic's coach down at Black Hand Vegas was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yamokivic's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future stalls.
Yamokivic misses with a punch on the inside.
Future lands a nice elbow.
Future letting Yamokivic take a breather here.
Future keeps control of Yamokivic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Future fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Yamokivic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yamokivic looking to slow down the pace here.
Future throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic blocks an uppercut.
Future lands an elbow inside that Yamokivic shrugs off.
Future taking a breather.
Yamokivic avoids the elbow strike from Future, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Future.
Future'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.
Future swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamokivic uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Future stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Yamokivic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Future dominated that round.
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.

Yamokivic lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamokivic swings for the body but Future moves out of range.
Future avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot
and Future counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Future throws a series of strikes that have Yamokivic backpedaling.
Yamokivic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Future throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamokivic.

Future closes the distance and clinches.
Future blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Future.
Future is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yamokivic to keep the fight standing.
Future misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamokivic tries to throw a body punch but Future avoids it by throwing Yamokivic back against the cage.
Yamokivic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Futures head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamokivic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Future goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamokivic tries a body shot but Future blocks it.
Future leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yamokivic throws a punch but it's blocked by Future.
Future softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Future lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Future avoiding damage.
Yamokivic wants to break free but Future has control.
Future lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic is trying to push Future away but Future has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yamokivic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Future.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Future throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Future lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Future has Yamokivic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yamokivic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Future. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
John Future has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamokivic dodges an elbow strike from Future.
Future stalling in the clinch but Yamokivic improves position.
Future keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamokivic's efforts to push away.
Yamokivic has a couple of punches blocked by Future.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic stalling the fight.
Yamokivic wants to stall.
Future throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Future tries to work over Yamokivic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Future controlling the action here for a moment.
Future throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Future lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamokivic backwards.

Yamokivic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Future chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yamokivic can pounce on him.
Yamokivic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Yamokivic finds it's way through Future's defenses.
Yamokivic misses with a two punch combination.
Future tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamokivic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamokivic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Future throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamokivic throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Future motions for Yamokivic to come forward. Future throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamokivic throws a nice looking combination but Future bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Future will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Future walks into a jab.
Yamokivic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamokivic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yamokivic swings widly with a right hand
and Future counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yamokivic takes a swing at Future's ribcage but misses.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot.
Yamokivic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Future tries to clinch but Yamokivic is having none of it.
Yamokivic misses with a low kick.
Future scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
An inside leg kick lands from Future.
Future slips under a jab.
Yamokivic throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Future to counter with a crisp jab.
Future keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Future dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamokivic throws a body punch but Future moves out of range.
Yamokivic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Future connects with a body shot that sends Yamokivic's belly button to the back.
Future tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yamokivic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot
and Future counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ronan Yamokivic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot.
Yamokivic throws out a loose jab but Future uses good head movement to avoid it.
Future comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Future lands with a right hand.
Yamokivic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yamokivic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Future was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamokivic.
Future bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic misses with a looping right.
Yamokivic throws a poor cross that misses
and Future counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yamokivic's knee momentarily.
Yamokivic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamokivic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Future.
Yamokivic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Future scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yamokivic feints and then cracks Future's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Future down.
Future avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamokivic lands with a good body shot.
Future lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yamokivic lands a body shot.
Yamokivic lands a two punch combo.
John Future is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Future lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot lands for Yamokivic.
Yamokivic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Future counters with a nice body shot.
Future throws out a loose jab but Yamokivic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Future fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamokivic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamokivic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yamokivic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice inside leg kick there by Future. That's going to slow Yamokivic down.
Yamokivic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Future.
Yamokivic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamokivic throws a lazy right hand but Future sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Future checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic misses with an uppercut. Future saw that one coming.
A combination from Yamokivic does no damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yamokivic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Future has him pressed against the cage.
Future taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ronan Yamokivic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Future lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Future tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Future taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Future fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamokivic.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Future showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Future, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Future!