PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Anderson
vs
Yakimyuk

173 cm
40
164 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

177 cm
37
167 lbs
28 - 19 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Roman Yakimyuk!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Yakimyuk.

Anderson darts in and clinches Yakimyuk up against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson is working Yakimyuk over against the cage.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.

Anderson instigates a clinch.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yakimyuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Roman Yakimyuk has been cut.
Yakimyuk misses with a combination
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yakimyuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Yakimyuk keeps Anderson at a distance using the push kick.
A combination from Yakimyuk does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Anderson.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk connects with a solid leg kick.
Yakimyuk slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice looking body kick.
Yakimyuk throws a head kick that half lands.
Anderson lands a nice looking body shot.
Anderson scores with a leg kick.
Sparky Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson throws a front kick that sends Yakimyuk stumbling back into the cage.
Yakimyuk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yakimyuk slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yakimyuk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anderson.

Yakimyuk is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yakimyuk is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Anderson.
Yakimyuk gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Anderson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sparky Anderson!
Sparky Anderson retains his lightweight title!
Sparky Anderson decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.