PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sativa Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sensei's choice of entrance music: Stevie Ray - Pride and Joy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yossarian
vs
Sensei

175 cm
26
161 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

178 cm
35
167 lbs
37 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Yossarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sativa Sensei!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sensei. Yossarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yossarian misses with a lunging right hand
and Sensei counters with a nice leg kick.
Sensei scores with a nice body kick.

Sensei has Yossarian up against the cage in a clinch.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei lands a right hand.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei lands a left hand.
Yossarian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yossarian tries to pull guard but Sensei won't allow it.
Yossarian misses with some punches.
Yossarian trying to stall but Sensei improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yossarian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sensei's brow.
Yossarian throws a head punch that misses.
Sensei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sensei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sensei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yossarian lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian scores with a shoulder strike.
Yossarian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sensei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yossarian tries to work over Sensei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yossarian lands a body shot.
Sensei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yossarian backwards.
Yossarian is trying to stall.
Sensei controlling the action here for a moment.
Yossarian tries to work over Sensei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yossarian tries to work over Sensei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yossarian working aggressively here.
Sensei tries a body shot but Yossarian blocks it.
Yossarian tries to work over Sensei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sensei takes a shot to the head.
Sensei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yossarian's elbow.
Yossarian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian jumps guard but Sensei stands there with Yossarian around his waist. Yossarian gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Yossarian throws a punch but it's blocked by Sensei.
Sensei has a couple of punches blocked by Yossarian.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.

Yossarian pulls guard successfully.
Sensei throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Sensei avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yossarian keeping moving, preventing Sensei from controlling successfully.
Sensei is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian is trying to keep Sensei in close.
Sensei throws an elbow that misses. Yossarian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sensei's guard. Nice move by Yossarian!

Sensei keeping moving, preventing Yossarian from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sensei has momentary wrist control but Yossarian slips an elbow through the middle.
Yossarian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sensei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yossarian sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sensei's guard.
Sensei manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yossarian stopping the sweep attempt from Sensei.
Sensei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Yossarian will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sensei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sensei just misses with a punch to the body.
Yossarian avoids the body shot from Sensei.
Sativa Sensei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sensei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yossarian throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Sensei counters by moving into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sensei misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.
Yossarian is trying to pull guard but Sensei has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sensei tries to throw a body punch but Yossarian avoids it by throwing Sensei back against the cage.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yossarian fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yossarian'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.
Sensei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yossarian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sensei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sensei is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sensei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sensei misses with the head strike.
Yossarian being controlled against the cage.
Yossarian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sensei misses with a punch to the body.
Sensei lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sensei.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yossarian.
Yossarian tries to pull guard but Sensei holds him up against the cage and eventually Yossarian drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Yossarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sensei lands with a short shot to the head.
Yossarian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yossarian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensei.
Yossarian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sativa Sensei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yossarian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yossarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sensei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sensei lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sensei.
Yossarian tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Yossarian back against the cage.
Yossarian is stalling here.
Sensei working aggressively here.

Yossarian decides to pull guard.
Yossarian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yossarian looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Sensei is defending well. Yossarian quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Sensei has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Yossarian celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Yossarian!
As John Yossarian got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I had a great run at Ryze. I'd like to thank the owners and management. It's time for me to test myself against the best. Thanks for allowing me to compete here. Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.