PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Conlon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Yakovlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakovlev has chosen Maroon 5 - Sugar as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conlon
vs
Yakovlev

195 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
209 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Conlon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Yakovlev!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakovlev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Conlon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yakovlev connects with a jab.
Yakovlev throws a right hand that misses

so Conlon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Conlon stops Yakovlev from standing up.

Conlon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Conlon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Conlon forces his way into half guard.

Conlon 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.

Conlon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Conlon is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Yakovlev is just riding it out for now. Conlon eventually gives up the hold.

Conlon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Conlon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yakovlev sees it coming and defends easily.

Yakovlev is defending against the submission attempts here by Conlon.
Yakovlev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Conlon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Conlon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yakovlev doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Conlon.

Conlon is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Yakovlev is just riding it out for now. Conlon eventually gives up the hold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conlon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Conlon is working for a submission of some sort.

Yakovlev is defending against the submission attempts here by Conlon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yakovlev is trying to stand up here but Conlon is controlling him well.

Conlon wants to work for an arm triangle but Yakovlev is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Conlon seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Conlon seems to be working for a kimura but Yakovlev defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Conlon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Conlon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Conlon sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yakovlev's guard.

Conlon wants to work for an arm triangle but Yakovlev is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Conlon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Conlon is working for a kimura but Yakovlev is defending it quite comfortably.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Conlon seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Yakovlev is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tommy Conlon!
Tommy Conlon spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.