PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Raybould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yates comes to the ring accompanied by Here comes Tecca Nina - Tech N9ne. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yates
vs
Raybould

195 cm
25
237 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
41
273 lbs
36 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aaron Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Raybould!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates shoots in but no luck this time.
Yates looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yates feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rayboulds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Raybould ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Raybould throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yates shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Raybould pinned against the ropes. Raybould gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Raybould lands a slapping body shot.
Yates uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Raybould has time to react.
Raybould stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Yates. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yates shoots in looking for a takedown. Raybould tries to sprawl out of it but Yates keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Raybould manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yates takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yates is breathing heavily.
Yates swings for the body but Raybould moves out of range.
Yates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raybould scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yates in his tracks.

It looks like Aaron Yates has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Raybould lands a big right hand that sends Yates crashing to the mat! Raybould stays standing though and waves Yates back to his feet!
Aaron Yates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raybould connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Yates out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kevin Raybould!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kevin Raybould thanked Sparta Fightware for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
In defeat, Aaron Yates stepped up to the mic, saying 'I give it up for grandpa'.