PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoel Palacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Yoel Palacio enters the cage!

Pott
vs
Palacio

180 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

150 cm
19
138 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition

Spartan Nutrition

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Pott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yoel Palacio!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pott throws a poor cross that misses
and Palacio counters with a nice body shot.
Palacio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pott moves away.
Pott was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pott throws a series of strikes that have Palacio backpedaling.
Pott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palacio throws the left hand but Pott avoids the punch easily.
Pott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pott staying out of range there.
Pott appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Palacio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pott throws a body shot but no joy.
Pott thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Palacio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palacio thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palacio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Palacio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Palacio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Palacio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palacio swings for the body but Pott moves out of range.
Pott is looking for a counter combo.
Pott lands with a hook. Palacio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Palacio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Palacio throws the left hand but Pott avoids the punch easily.
Rafael Pott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palacio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pott scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pott misses with a looping left.
Pott takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Palacio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pott looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Palacio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Palacio tries to counter it with a takedown but Pott pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Palacio scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pott can't do much from the bottom here.
Pott gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Pott has hold of Palacio's hands but Palacio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Palacio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palacio performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pott tries to roll over but Palacio keeps him under control.
Pott trying to control here.
Still in half guard, Palacio seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Palacio lands a nice short elbow.
Palacio moves nicely into side control.
Palacio landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Palacio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Palacio cracks Pott with an elbow. That is naaassty.
You can see the frustration on Pott's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Palacio working the body and head with strikes.
Pott tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Palacio wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A lull in the action here.
Pott manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoel Palacio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab lands there for Pott.
Palacio walks into a straight right hand from Pott.
Pott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pott scores with a nice right hand.
Pott throws a hook but Palacio avoids it easily.
Pott lands with a cross.
Palacio misses with a looping left.
Palacio throws an off balance right hand
letting Pott counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palacio misses with a right hand
and Pott cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pott is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pott throws a jab but it's blocked by Palacio.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Palacio.
Pott scores with a jab to the head.
Pott moves out of range of the strikes.
Pott went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Palacio throws a lazy uppercut
and Pott counters with a nice uppercut.
Pott moves away from the strike by Palacio.
Pott swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Palacio moves out of range of the strikes.
Pott throws out a loose jab but Palacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palacio.
Pott swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palacio.
Pott jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Palacio misses with an uppercut
enabling Pott to counter with a crisp jab.
Palacio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Palacio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pott.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palacio throws a big shot that misses.
Pott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palacio.

Palacio drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Pott has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Palacio is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pott.
A lull in the action here as Palacio stalls from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoel Palacio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Palacio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Palacio cracks Pott with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Palacio lands a nice forearm strike.
Pott tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Palacio wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Palacio. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Palacio landing a few strikes.
Pott tries to buck Palacio off but Palacio is having none of it.
Palacio cracks Pott with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Palacio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pott some visible discomfort.
Pott is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Palacio is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Palacio with good strikes from the mount here!

Pott is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palacio loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Pott scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Palacio land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Palacio stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoel Palacio!
Yoel Palacio decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.