PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cole River (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou. Jason Yee acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

River
vs
Yee

188 cm
32
175 lbs
31 - 8 - 1

188 cm
34
179 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cole River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yee lands an overhand right.
Yee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent River stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yee throws a body punch but River moves out of range.
Yee catches River with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
River has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yee finds it's way round the side to connect with River's head.
Yee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. River sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yee throws a hook to the side of River's head but River sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yee throws a hook to the side of River's head but River sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yee loads up on a big right hand but River slips the punch.
River blocks a jab.
Yee lands with a shot to the body.
River takes a swing at Yee's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab, jab by Yee - just one landing.
Yee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yee misses with an uppercut

and River counters by clinching up.
Yee struggles to land a body shot inside as River controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from River.
Yee being controlled against the cage.
Yee lands an elbow just above River 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River blocks an uppercut.
Yee misses with a punch to the body.
River gets through Yee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yee throws an elbow but it misses.
River blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yee misses with a punch on the inside.
River blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
River digs a right hand underneath Yee's ribcage. Yee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
River with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
River looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from River.
River swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yee misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River.
Yee has a couple of punches blocked by River.
River tries a knee to the head but Yee blocks it.
Yee lands an uppercut.
Yee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
River trying to land knees to the body.
Yee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yee misses with an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, River throws an elbow but misses.
River scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yee throws an elbow but it misses.
River lands with a light punch inside.
Yee tries to work over River's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River.
River blocks an elbow strike.
Yee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
River scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yee lands a right hand that snaps the head of River backwards.
Yee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yee.
Yee throws an elbow but it misses.
River tries to land knees in the clinch but Yee avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Yee.
Yee misses with a short punch on the inside.
River blocks an elbow strike from Yee.
River misses with a punch to the body.
Yee dodges an elbow strike from River.
Yee misses with the head strike.
River missing with knees to the body.
Yee misses with a punch on the inside.
Yee throws an elbow that misses.
Yee throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from River.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
River lands an elbow that stopped Yee in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Yee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
River unloads a knee to the mid-section.
River blocks the elbow strike.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
River landing knees to the body.
Yee working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Yee.
Yee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yee managing to block the knees to the body from River.
River lands a nice knee to the body.
River blocks a body shot from Yee.
Yee misses with a short punch on the inside.
River missing with knees to the body.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
River dodges an elbow strike from Yee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
River blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Yee dominated that 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.

Yee throws a body punch but River moves out of range.
River will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
River is looking to slow Yee down with leg kicks.
River throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
River steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yee.
Yee blocks the body kick.
River lands with a slapping head kick.
Jason Yee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River looks for the body kick but Yee saw that one coming.
Yee misses with an uppercut.
River throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yee's head.
River with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
River moves out of range of the strikes.
Yee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
River misses with a low kick.
Yee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by River. Beautiful body shot.
Yee blocks a leg kick.
River throws a low kick but Yee avoids it.
Yee throws a series of punches but River moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River slips a straight right by Yee.
River throws a big counter combination but Yee scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Yee checks a low kick from River.
Jason Yee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
River walks into a straight right hand from Yee.
Yee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before River can pounce on him.
Yee cracks River with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but River manages to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. River darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from Yee misses.
River moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yee tries to close the distance and clinch up but River swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yee swings for the body but River moves out of range.
Yee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from River.
River gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab lands there for River.
Yee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
River lands a nice shot to the body.
River throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
River looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River misses with a body kick.
River tries to work over Yee's front leg with a kick but Yee checks it.
Yee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
River bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Yee there.
River is looking to wear down Yee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
River misses with a low kick.
Yee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from River.
Yee misses with a hook to the body
and River counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yee's knee momentarily.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by Yee.
River lands an overhand right.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by Yee.
Yee walks into a left hand.

Yee clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
River working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
River effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from Yee fails to land.
A short left from River.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from River.
River blocking some punches.
River creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yee's defenses.

River breaks from the clinch.
River connects with a jab.
Yee tries to clinch up.
Yee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
River misses with a low kick.
Yee throws a counter combo.
River does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Yee on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
River looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between River's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Yee moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from River.
Yee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
River cracks Yee with a nice body shot.
River crunches a lovely knee into Yee's ribcage.
Yee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yee tries to throw a body punch but River avoids it by throwing Yee back against the cage.
Yee pushes off an throws an elbow but River leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yee has a couple of punches blocked by River.
Yee swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yee blocks a body shot from River.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yee lands an elbow inside that River shrugs off.
River putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cole River dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

River misses with a low kick as Yee jumps back.
Yee connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed River momentarily.
Yee throws a lazy right hand but River sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from River lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yee has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yee and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
River looks to land a body kick but Yee moved away.
River throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before River can pounce on him.
River connects with an inside leg kick.
Yee misses with a hook.
River takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice shot lands for River.
Yee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
River throws a nice head kick!
Yee misses with a straight right.
Yee throws a hook to the side of River's head but River sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yee lands a jab to River's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee misses with a right hand
and River makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Yee really felt that one!
River lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Yee misses the target.
Yee misses the jab.
River looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Yee.
River misses with a low kick as Yee jumps back.
A nice leg kick lands there from River.
Yee throws a body punch but River moves out of range.
River lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but River paws at him with a jab and circles away.
River lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
River throws a body kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Yee blocks the leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from River. Yee shrugs it off though.
River moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River clobbers Yee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
River takes one to the chin there.
River connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yee tries to clinch but River moves out of range.
River is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yee.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by River.
Good work by Yee as he checks the leg kick.
Yee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
River throws the kick towards the body but Yee avoids it.
River thumps Yee with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Yee.
As Yee backs away, River returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yee cracks a nice hook into River's ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by River.
River showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yee.
River connects with a leg kick. Yee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
River goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yee misses with an uppercut. River saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by River.
Yee moves out of range of the leg kick from River.
River walks into a stiff left hand from Yee.
Yee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by River.
River lands a slapping body shot.
River tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yee is looking to clinch.
Yee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. River sees it coming and avoids it easily.
River feints and then cracks Yee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yee down.
River moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yee misses with an uppercut
and River connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yee throws a looping overhand right but River ducks down to avoid it.
River misses with a low kick as Yee jumps back.
Yee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. River manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Yee.
River ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Yee moves out of range as River throws a body kick.
River defending well as Yee loads up on a big left hand.
Yee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
River throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yee misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
River throws a leg kick but Yee sees it coming and moves out of range.
River throws a low kick, looking for Yee's leg but Yee calmly moves out of range.
River scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Yee.
Yee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
River walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yee checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
River feints and then cracks Yee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yee down.
Yee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but River moves away.
River dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yee. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
Cole River showed his dominance in that final round.
I think River 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cole River!
Cole River took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.