PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Yzerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jimenez
vs
Yzerman

168 cm
25
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Yzerman!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimenez misses with a leg kick
and Jimenez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Juan Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yzerman misses with a body shot.
Yzerman misses the shot to the body.

Jimenez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez with a knee to the head.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Yzerman wants a takedown but no success here.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Jimenez lands a good knee to the midsection. Yzerman won't want to take too many of those.
Yzerman is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Jimenez with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jimenez obliges.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yzerman is defending well for now.
Jimenez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yzerman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is breathing heavily.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yzerman is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Yzerman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jimenez working Yzerman over with knees to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Yzerman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is looking to break free of the clinch but Jimenez has double underhooks.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez working Yzerman over with knees to the body.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yzerman.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez lands a good knee to the midsection. Yzerman won't want to take too many of those.
Jimenez landing knees to the body.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Jimenez.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yzerman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Jimenez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jimenez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jimenez is looking to clinch.
Yzerman sizes up Jimenez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yzerman misses with a few strikes there.
Jimenez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yzerman scores with a jab to the head.
Jimenez tries to close the distance and clinch but Yzerman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jimenez rushes Yzerman and presses him up against the cage.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Yzerman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yzerman can do to turn this around?
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez scores with a knee to the head.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez is controlling him.
Yzerman takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yzerman wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yzerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to throw a body punch but Yzerman avoids it by throwing Jimenez back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jimenez obliges.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Jimenez crunches a lovely knee into Yzerman's ribcage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yzerman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yzerman.
Yzerman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Jimenez throws a punch but it's blocked by Yzerman.
Yzerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez keeps control of Yzerman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Yzerman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez lands a knee to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez is controlling him.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Juan Jimenez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yzerman looking to slow down the pace here.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yzerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yzerman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Yzerman can't break the clinch.
Yzerman jumps guard but Jimenez stands there with Yzerman around his waist. Yzerman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Jimenez landing knees to the head.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Yzerman tries to pull guard but Jimenez holds him up against the cage and eventually Yzerman drops back down to his feet.
Juan Jimenez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Yzerman.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Jimenez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yzerman throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Juan Jimenez has been cut.
Yzerman connects with a right hand. Jimenez shakes it off.
Jimenez defending well as Yzerman loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez wants to clinch.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Yzerman has cracked Jimenez with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Yzerman lands another huge swinging hook and Jimenez tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Jimenez, before Yzerman can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steve Yzerman!