PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herger Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atanase Teodor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teodor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oy to Ne Vecher kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ysengrin
vs
Teodor

178 cm
24
164 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
162 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Herger Ysengrin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Atanase Teodor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teodor looks to land a right hand but Ysengrin moved out of range.
Ysengrin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crunch! Teodor slams his shin into Ysengrin's torso.
Ysengrin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Teodor. That one must have hurt.
Ysengrin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Teodor.
Teodor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teodor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ysengrin. Ysengrin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ysengrin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Teodor's head.
Ysengrin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ysengrin checks the leg kick.
Ysengrin swings for the body but Teodor moves out of range.
Teodor scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teodor throws a push kick but Ysengrin slaps the foot to one side.
Ysengrin jabs at Teodor's body.
Teodor is looking to land body kicks.
As Teodor tries to get set, Ysengrin tries to push him back and clinch up but Teodor manages to avoid the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teodor tries to work over Ysengrin's front leg with a kick but Ysengrin checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Ysengrin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Atanase Teodor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teodor misses with a few strikes there.
Teodor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ysengrin misses with a looping left.
Ysengrin backing away here, and Teodor unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Teodor thows a leg kick but Ysengrin checks it
and Ysengrin counters with a stiff right hand.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Ysengrin connects with a looping right hand.
Ysengrin looks to throw the jab but Teodor is out of range.
Teodor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ysengrin. That did some damage!
Ysengrin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ysengrin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Teodor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ysengrin throws a lazy right hand but Teodor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ysengrin moves out of range of the body kick from Teodor.
Teodor lunges at Ysengrin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ysengrin's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ysengrin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ysengrin throws out a loose jab but Teodor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teodor throws a body kick that misses.
Ysengrin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ysengrin swings for the body but Teodor moves out of range.
Ysengrin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Teodor.
We've been told by Ysengrin's head coaches at Wolf Training Lair that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Teodor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ysengrin.
Teodor looks for the body kick but Ysengrin saw that one coming.
Teodor throws a body kick that misses.
Ysengrin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Teodor moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Teodor misses with a looping right.
Ysengrin tries to land a body kick
and Teodor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teodor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ysengrin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Teodor.
Ysengrin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Teodor lands a jab to the nose.
Ysengrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teodor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Teodor throws a fast counter high kick but Ysengrin manages to duck under it in time.
Ysengrin scores with a nice strike.
Ysengrin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teodor manages to avoid it.
Teodor throws a leg kick but Ysengrin moved away.
Ysengrin throws a big counter combination but Teodor scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Teodor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ysengrin 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 Teodor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Teodor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teodor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Teodor thuds his shin into the meat of Ysengrin's side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ysengrin looks to land a right hand but Teodor moved out of range.
Ysengrin scores with a decent looking hook.
Teodor lands with a good body shot.
Ysengrin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ysengrin swings for the body but Teodor moves out of range.
A head kick from Teodor lands but Ysengrin takes it in his stride.
Teodor blocks the body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Teodor.
Teodor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Teodor misses with a body kick.
Teodor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ysengrin's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atanase Teodor dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A chopping leg kick lands by Ysengrin.
Teodor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ysengrin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Teodor thinks about the counter body kick.
Donk. Ysengrin catches Teodor right on the button with a cross.
Ysengrin thumps Teodor with a low kick.
Teodor misses with a head kick.
Ysengrin throws a push kick but Teodor slaps the foot to one side.
Ysengrin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ysengrin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ysengrin scores with a leg kick.
Ysengrin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Teodor. Teodor obviously looking to wear him down.
Teodor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ysengrin checks it well.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Teodor - that will leave a mark!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teodor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ysengrin shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Teodor is trying to defend but Ysengrin finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ysengrin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ysengrin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ysengrin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ysengrin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ysengrin lands a nice short elbow.
Teodor trying to control here.
Ysengrin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ysengrin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Teodor wants to get back to full guard.
Ysengrin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Teodor tries to get to full guard but Ysengrin has control of the leg.
Teodor felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Teodor is looking to get back to full guard here but Ysengrin has managed to pass to side control instead.
Ysengrin trying to control the action but Teodor is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teodor manages to get back to half guard.
Teodor is looking to control Ysengrin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Teodor avoid being mounted?
Ysengrin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Teodor controlling the position for now.
Ysengrin passes the guard and advances to mount!
A nice elbow there by Ysengrin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Teodor?
Herger Ysengrin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Teodor is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Teodor is looking to get to half guard.
Ysengrin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Teodor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ysengrin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ysengrin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Teodor hang on?

Teodor is rocked!
Ysengrin connects with a bit shot that sees Teodor covering up! More strikes from Ysengrin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ysengrin is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herger Ysengrin!
Herger Ysengrin retains his lightweight title!
A relieved looking Herger Ysengrin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.