PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Rocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocker's entrance music is Ki:Theory - Stand By Me. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Rocker
vs
Yee

180 cm
30
175 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

188 cm
33
179 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Rocker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocker cracks the inside of Yee's front leg.
Yee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rocker feinted with a counter takedown.
Yee misses with a looping right.
Yee wants to clinch
and Rocker counters with a three punch combo that has Yee backing up. Yee nods at Rocker to acknowledge the strikes.
Yee blocks a head kick by Rocker.
Rocker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Rocker darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yee won't allow Rocker to pass to mount.
Rocker wants to control but Yee is keeping him busy.
Rocker trying to pass the guard but Yee defending well.
Yee is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee controlling the position for now.
Rocker wants to pass to mount but Yee is defending the position.
Yee has hold of Rocker's hands but Rocker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rocker throwing shots but Yee is blocking nicely.
Yee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rocker.
Rocker trying to control from half guard but Yee is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yee wants to get back to full guard.
Rocker 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.
Ground and pound from Rocker.
Rocker passes to full mount!
Rocker working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yee tries to hold on but Rocker postures up.
Yee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rocker lands a couple of good shots and Yee has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Yee is in bad spot here.
Yee breaks Rocker's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
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!
Rocker looking for a sweep. Not yet Rocker, not yet.
Yee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Rocker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rocker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yee is one step ahead there.
Rocker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rocker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Rocker is looking for a triangle but Yee pushes his legs off easily.
Yee won't allow Rocker to sweep him here.
Yee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Yee trying to control the position from guard on top but Rocker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rocker is looking for a triangle but Yee pushes his legs off easily.
Rocker can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yee controls the pace.

Rocker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rocker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yee is one step ahead there.
Rocker is trying to control the position but Yee postures up.

Rocker working for a triangle but Yee defends it easily.
Yee wants to control from the top but Rocker keeps moving.
Rocker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Rocker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice uppercut there from Rocker.
Rocker staying out of range there.
Rocker attempts a counter takedown but Yee avoids it well and moves away.
Rocker staying out of range there.
Yee throws a big shot that misses.
Yee tests Rocker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rocker.
Yee throws a one two combo.
Rocker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yee connects with a looping right hand.
Yee swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rocker fails to land the takedown.
Rocker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jason Yee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Yee counter with a right hand.
Rocker throws a head kick that misses.
Rocker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yee throws a jab when Rocker was well out of range.
Rocker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yee slaps away a takedown attempt from Rocker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A head kick misses from Rocker.
Yee looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yee wants to clinch.
Rocker throws a one two combo.
Rocker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yee might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocker looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yee takes a swing at Rocker's ribcage but misses.
Yee lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rocker backs up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rocker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yee just misses with a punch to the body.
Rocker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Yee does it's job there.
Yee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rocker's head.
Rocker slips a straight right by Yee.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yee.
Rocker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rocker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yee uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rocker has time to react.
A big left from Yee misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocker blocks a jab.
Yee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rocker throws a chopping leg kick but Yee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rocker walks into a straight right hand from Yee.
Rocker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yee.
Rocker throws a counter high kick but Yee was just alert enough to avoid it.
Jason Yee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yee misses the shot to the body.
Jason Yee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yee misses with a looping left.
A combination from Yee does no damage.
Rocker lands with a straight right. Yee didn't see that one coming.

Yee closes the distance and clinches.
Rocker blocks the elbow strike.
Rocker blocks an elbow strike.
Rocker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rocker has had enough of the clinch but Yee keeps him there for the moment.
Yee tries a body shot but Rocker blocks it.
Rocker lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yee lands with a right to the head.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocker uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rocker breaks the clinch.
Rocker misses with a left hand
and Yee counters with a straight right hand.
Yee falls off balance throwing a combination

and Rocker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rocker.
Rocker throwing strikes but missing.
Rocker tries to free his leg and advance position but Yee is retaining full guard.
Yee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rocker with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rocker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yee keeping moving, preventing Rocker from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Yee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Rocker cracks Yee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yee tries to clinch up but Rocker circles away and keeps his distance.
Rocker connects with a nice looking jab.
Rocker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rocker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yee throws a hook to the side of Rocker's head but Rocker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Yee.
Rocker half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yee throws a jab when Rocker was well out of range.
Yee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yee misses with a lunging right hand

and Rocker decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yee's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rocker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yee seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rocker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rocker lands a couple of elbows.
Yee keeping moving, preventing Rocker from controlling successfully.
Yee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rocker is one step ahead there.
Ricky Rocker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rocker throws a big right hand that misses.
Rocker trying to control but Yee is working from the bottom.

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.
Yee is trying to control the position but Rocker postures up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Rocker slips a jab and a cross from Yee.
Rocker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rocker throws a body punch but Yee moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Rocker finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yee misses with a looping right.
Yee scores with a body shot.
Yee walks into a jab.
Yee lands with an overhand left.
Rocker jabs Yee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Yee.
Rocker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rocker can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocker with a nice cross.
Yee moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yee throws a jab but it's blocked by Rocker.
The fighters circling - Yee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rocker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Yee pinned against the cage. Yee gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A jab from Yee misses.
Yee misses with a hook.
Rocker feinted with a counter takedown.
Yee pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rocker back to the cage. Yee follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocker misses with a low kick.
Yee cracks Rocker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yee throws out a loose jab but Rocker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rocker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Yee looks to throw the jab but Rocker is out of range.
Yee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rocker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yee was well out of range. Poor timing from Rocker.
Rocker tried to score with a low kick but Yee checks it.
Yee lands a glancing blow to the side of Rocker's head.
Yee tries to clinch but Rocker is having none of it.
Rocker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yee tests Rocker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yee moves out of range of the body kick from Rocker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jason Yee just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rocker defending well as Yee loads up on a big left hand.
Rocker throwing a counter right hand but Yee manages to avoid it.
Yee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rocker can pounce on him.
Rocker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rocker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yee misses with a hook. Rocker ducked under it nicely.
Yee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rocker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yee.
Rocker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yee swivels and escapes.
Yee avoids a kick to the body.
Yee fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yee slips under a jab from Rocker.
Rocker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - Yee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rocker appears to be looking for a big counter.

Rocker fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yee to the ground. Rocker is now in Yee's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rocker throws a big right hand that misses.
Rocker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yee controlling Rocker's posture.
Yee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rocker throws a big elbow that misses.
Yee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rocker.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Yee moves in looking to clinch but Rocker pushes him off.
Yee connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rocker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rocker throws a head kick that misses.
Yee misses with a looping right.
It looked like Rocker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yee throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rocker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rocker half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rocker misses with a head kick.
Yee misses with a double jab

and Rocker counters with a takedown into side control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rocker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Rocker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yee has escaped the position, nice work there.
Yee tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yee keeps trying to improve his position.
Rocker landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on Yee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rocker trying to control the position but Yee is working away.
Rocker working the ground and pound.
Yee parries the strikes from Rocker easily there. Rocker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yee to escape.
The strikes coming from Rocker are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Yee is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocker scoring with punches from side control.
Rocker working the body and head with strikes.
Rocker throws an elbow but Yee slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rocker throws an elbow but Yee slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rocker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Rocker working the ground and pound.
Rocker trying to control the position but Yee is working away.
Yee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rocker in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yee manages to work his way to half guard, despite Rocker's best efforts.
Rocker wants to free his trapped foot but Yee is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Rocker had his way with Jason Yee in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rocker half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rocker feints a jab promting Yee to slip. Rocker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yee slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yee on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Yee is rocked!

Rocker shoots in and bounces Yee off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Yee is still in real trouble! Can Rocker finish him?
Rocker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yee seems to have recovered his senses.
Rocker 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.
Yee is trying to keep Rocker in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yee wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Rocker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rocker tries to free his leg and advance position but Yee is retaining full guard.
Rocker passes into half guard.
Yee manages to get to full guard.
Rocker stopping the sweep attempt from Yee.
Rocker passes Yee's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rocker slips a nice elbow through Yee's hands, connecting with Yee's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rocker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rocker is thwarting Yee's attempts to control the position.

Rocker looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rocker thows a huge punch but Yee dodges it nicely.
Rocker content to control rather than advance.
Rocker not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yee is trying to get back to full guard.
Yee is trying to maintain the position but Rocker is very close to passing his half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rocker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yee is looking to clinch.
Yee wants to clinch
and Rocker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rocker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rocker bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocker throws a nice head kick!
Yee misses with an uppercut. Rocker saw that one coming.
A jab from Yee misses.
Rocker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rocker tries to land a front kick but Yee steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rocker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rocker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rocker scores with a punch to the head.
Some wild striking there from Yee.
Rocker takes one on the button.

Rocker lands a big head kick that sends Yee tumbling to the mat! Rocker takes a step backwards and waves Yee back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Rocker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Rocker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rocker has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 48:47
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 49:46
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Rocker!
Ricky Rocker retains his welterweight title!
Ricky Rocker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.