PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve The Smiling Assassin (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. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

The Smiling Assassin
vs
Yakovlev

188 cm
28
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
209 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Voodoo Nutrition

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve The Smiling Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Yakovlev!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Smiling Assassin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yakovlev misses with a lunging right hand
and The Smiling Assassin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yakovlev ducks under a wild hook from The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin throws a looping overhand right but Yakovlev ducks down to avoid it.
The Smiling Assassin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Smiling Assassin moves in looking to clinch but Yakovlev pushes him off.
The Smiling Assassin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yakovlev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Smiling Assassin scrambles back to his feet.
Yakovlev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin is looking to counter punch.
Yakovlev lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yakovlev dips to his left and cracks The Smiling Assassin with an uppercut!
Yakovlev throws a hook to the side of The Smiling Assassin's head but The Smiling Assassin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Smiling Assassin misses with the combination.
The Smiling Assassin fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from The Smiling Assassin. No joy for Yakovlev on that attempt.
The Smiling Assassin throws a hook to the side of Yakovlev's head but Yakovlev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin works the jab nicely.

It looks like Alexander Yakovlev has been cut.
Yakovlev throws a shot from downtown. The Smiling Assassin moves away and avoids it.
Yakovlev lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Smiling Assassin dodges the punch combination from Yakovlev.
The Smiling Assassin slips a jab and a cross from Yakovlev.
The Smiling Assassin swings for the body but Yakovlev moves out of range.
Yakovlev raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The Smiling Assassin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yakovlev gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Smiling Assassin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by The Smiling Assassin as he connects with a hook.
The Smiling Assassin avoids the head kick by Yakovlev.
Yakovlev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donk. The Smiling Assassin catches Yakovlev right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Smiling Assassin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yakovlev backs up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakovlev has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Smiling Assassin looks to land a right hand but Yakovlev moved out of range.
The Smiling Assassin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yakovlev misses with a wild combination.
Yakovlev throws a head kick but The Smiling Assassin moves out of range.
A slow jab from Yakovlev misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and The Smiling Assassin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Smiling Assassin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yakovlev.
Yakovlev misses with a left hand
letting The Smiling Assassin counter with a right hand.
Yakovlev throws a right hand that The Smiling Assassin ducks under and follows up with a left that The Smiling Assassin also avoids with ease.
Yakovlev looks to score with a jab to the body but The Smiling Assassin is just out of range.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a looping right.
The Smiling Assassin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yakovlev.
Yakovlev moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Smiling Assassin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Yakovlev misses
and The Smiling Assassin counters with a straight right hand.
A clash of legs there as The Smiling Assassin blocks the low kick.
A cross from The Smiling Assassin lands.
Yakovlev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Smiling Assassin's hands.
The Smiling Assassin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Smiling Assassin connects with a single shot there.
Yakovlev misses with a right hand
and The Smiling Assassin counters with a right hand to the body.
Steve The Smiling Assassin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Smiling Assassin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yakovlev's hands.

Yakovlev is rocked!

That has opened up Alexander Yakovlev's cut even more.
Yakovlev on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yakovlev is still on wobbly legs! Can The Smiling Assassin finish him?
Yakovlev looks winded!
The Smiling Assassin fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Yakovlev square on the jaw! Damn, Yakovlev is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Steve The Smiling Assassin!
Steve The Smiling Assassin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Alexander Yakovlev was interviewed post fight and said 'I ll be back, as soon as possible'.