PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burt Guth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch comes to the cage accompanied by No Sleep Till Brooklyn. The crowd seem to be enjoying Guth's choice of entrance music: Alva Noto - Module 7. Burt Guth told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Yauch
vs
Guth

182 cm
29
154 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

183 cm
34
153 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Yauch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Burt Guth!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Guth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yauch.
Guth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yauch throws a right and a left that Guth avoids nicely.
Guth steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yauch.
Yauch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yauch tests Guth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yauch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guth's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yauch. Guth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yauch lands a jab to Guth's midsection.
Yauch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yauch swings widly with a right hand

and Guth holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Guth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guth misses with a knee strike.
Yauch avoiding damage as Guth throws knees to the body.
Guth being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yauch's face.
Yauch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yauch wants to stall.
Yauch stalling against the cage.
Guth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yauch blocks it with crossed arms.
Guth landing knees to the head.
Guth blocks a body shot from Yauch.
Guth swings wildly with an uppercut but Yauch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yauch stalling in the clinch.

Guth lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yauch tries to kick Guth off but Guth keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch is trying to control but can't.
Guth working Yauch over with strikes.
Guth working the head and body with strikes.
Guth prevents Yauch from standing back up.
Guth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Guth passes the guard and advances to mount!

Guth working for a guillotine from mount but Yauch is in no mood to give up.
Guth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yauch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Guth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guth working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Yauch looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Guth! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Burt Guth!