PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barney Northrup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yu has chosen rocky theme song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Northrup
vs
Yu

183 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barney Northrup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Yu!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Northrup shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Northrup lands a nice short elbow.
Northrup keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Yu trying to hold on to Northrup's head to control him but Northrup postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Northrup sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yu defending well though.
Northrup seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Yu misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Northrup keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Yu tries to roll over but Northrup keeps him under control.
Northrup prevents Yu from standing back up.
Northrup drops an elbow to the side of Yu's head.
Yu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Northrup. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Northrup passes the guard and advances to mount!
Northrup with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Northrup content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Northrup lands a heavy elbow.

Yu is rocked!

It looks like Gabriel Yu has been cut.
Northrup 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.
Northrup postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Yu bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Northrup and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barney Northrup!