PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Yuen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manvel Gamburyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gamburyan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gamburyan vs. Brown on April 24th kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sean Yuen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Yuen
vs
Gamburyan

177 cm
39
160 lbs
31 - 24 - 0

165 cm
41
214 lbs
14 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 31 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Yuen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manvel Gamburyan!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gamburyan with a poor takedown
and Yuen counters with a nice body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yuen.
Gamburyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yuen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gamburyan tries for a takedown but Yuen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gamburyan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yuen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gamburyan closes the distance and clinches up with Yuen, looking for a takedown. Gamburyan pushes Yuen against the cage but Yuen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sean Yuen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manvel Gamburyan.
Yuen lands a jab.
Manvel Gamburyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gamburyan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gamburyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yuen.
Gamburyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gamburyan shoots in and drives through. Yuen sprawls well.

Yuen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
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!
Yuen controlling from side mount.
Gamburyan is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuen cracks Gamburyan with a big right hand but Gamburyan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yuen trying to control the position but Gamburyan is working away.
Gamburyan prevents Yuen from moving into mount.
Gamburyan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yuen connects with a decent elbow.
Gamburyan is trying to improve his position.
Yuen in side control, throwing shots but Gamburyan defends.
Gamburyan wants to control but Yuen postures up.
Gamburyan is letting Yuen control him for a moment.
Yuen advances nicely into full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamburyan wants to hold on but Yuen pushes him away.
Yuen dominating with strikes here.
Yuen controlling from mount.
Gamburyan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gamburyan wants to control but Yuen is having none of it.
Gamburyan is squirming around, avoiding Yuen's attempts to control the action.
Yuen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gamburyan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yuen prevents Gamburyan from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamburyan tries to lock up and control but Yuen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gamburyan is looking to get to half guard.
Gamburyan is bucking up trying to escape but Yuen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yuen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yuen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gamburyan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gamburyan is trying desperately to improve position.
Gamburyan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yuen 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.
Yuen looking to control but Gamburyan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yuen with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuen trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Yuen working for a submission but Gamburyan is keeping him at bay.
Yuen breaks from Gamburyan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuen landing strikes from the mount.
Gamburyan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gamburyan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gamburyan working to try and regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yuen landing punches.
Yuen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Yuen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yuen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gamburyan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gamburyan misses with a takedown attempt - Yuen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gamburyan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yuen.
Yuen lands a jab to the head.
Gamburyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Sean Yuen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manvel Gamburyan.
Yuen dodges the punch combination from Gamburyan.
Gamburyan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gamburyan is breathing heavily.
Gamburyan fails with the takedown

and Yuen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yuen winds up and cracks Gamburyan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuen trying to control the action but Gamburyan is working from the bottom.
Yuen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Yuen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gamburyan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yuen drops an elbow to the side of Gamburyan's head.
Gamburyan gets back to full guard.
Yuen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sean Yuen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gamburyan keeping moving, preventing Yuen from controlling successfully.

Gamburyan has his foot on Yuen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yuen works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yuen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gamburyan keeping full guard, as Yuen tries to pass.

Gamburyan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yuen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yuen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yuen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gamburyan is trying to control the position but Yuen postures up.
Gamburyan wants to sweep here but Yuen controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sean Yuen is winning the standup battle so far.
Yuen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gamburyan doesn't seem bothered though.
Yuen throws a shot to the body.
Gamburyan darts in looking for a takedown but Yuen gets double underhooks and turns Gamburyan into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuen has Gamburyan pushed against the cage.
Yuen presses Gamburyan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gamburyan looking for a takedown.

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

Gamburyan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gamburyan trying to mount his opponent but Yuen defends it.
Yuen has his hands clasped together around Gamburyan's back. He's all about the action.
Yuen trying to hold on to Gamburyan's head to control him but Gamburyan postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuen wants to improve his position but Gamburyan is controlling well.
Yuen connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Yuen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gamburyan can do to turn this around?
Gamburyan trying to control the action but Yuen is working from the bottom.
Gamburyan wants to pass to mount but Yuen is defending the position.
Yuen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yuen.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yuen pulls Gamburyan in to control the position.
Gamburyan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Yuen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gamburyan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yuen as he avoids it easily.
Yuen misses with a double jab.
Gamburyan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yuen circles away.
Gamburyan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sean Yuen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manvel Gamburyan.

Yuen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gamburyan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gamburyan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yuen chips away with some ground and pound.
Gamburyan keeping moving, preventing Yuen from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuen postures up.
Gamburyan wants to sweep here but Yuen controlling him for the moment.
Gamburyan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yuen throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gamburyan's head.
Yuen pushes down on Gamburyan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yuen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gamburyan!
Yuen controlling from mount.
Yuen breaks from Gamburyan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gamburyan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Gamburyan is refusing to be controlled, as Yuen sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamburyan wants to get back to full guard.
Yuen is thwarting Gamburyan's attempts to control the position.
Yuen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Gamburyan!
Yuen tries to control but Gamburyan wriggling away.
Gamburyan tries to reverse the position but Yuen maintains control.
Yuen cracks Gamburyan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuen tries to control but Gamburyan wriggling away.
Yuen avoids the attempt from Gamburyan to control.
Yuen lands a big shot there that rocks Gamburyan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yuen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yuen looking to control but Gamburyan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gamburyan tries to hold on but Yuen pushes him away.
Gamburyan is looking to get to half guard.
Yuen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gamburyan's face.
Gamburyan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gamburyan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yuen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yuen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gamburyan is squirming around, avoiding Yuen's attempts to control the action.
Yuen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gamburyan can't escape the position.
Yuen controlling from mount.
Yuen wants to control the pace but Gamburyan is squirming around nicely.
Manvel Gamburyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sean Yuen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Gamburyan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yuen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Yuen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yuen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:25
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Yuen!
After the big win, Sean Yuen made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Tokyo United Fightwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.