PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leo Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bad Idea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Idea has chosen Boss of All Bosses as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yaj
vs
Idea

156 cm
28
158 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

172 cm
41
146 lbs
42 - 26 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bad Idea!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Idea.
Yaj takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Idea ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
Idea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yaj tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Idea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Idea misses the target.
Idea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Idea fails with the takedown
and Yaj counters with a left to the body.
Yaj lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yaj works Idea's body with a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Idea.
Yaj keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Idea.
Idea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yaj slips under a jab from Idea.
Idea lands a head kick!
Yaj misses with a hook.

Yaj moves into range and clinches up with Idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Idea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Idea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yajs head.
Idea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yaj throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Idea on the inside.
Idea throws a punch but it's blocked by Yaj.
Yaj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yaj swings wildly with an uppercut but Idea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Idea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Idea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Idea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Idea.
Yaj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Idea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Idea has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Idea blocks it with crossed arms.

Idea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Idea pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Yaj misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Idea connects with the punch.
A shot to the liver by Idea. Beautiful body shot.
Idea shoots in for a takedown but Yaj shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Idea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yaj defending well as Idea loads up on a big left hand.
Yaj swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yaj tries to clinch but Idea moves out of range.
Idea lands a jab to the nose.
A shot to the liver by Idea. Beautiful body shot.
Yaj uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Idea.
It looked like Yaj was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Idea.
Idea tries to land a front kick but Yaj steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj connects with a good right hand that stumbles Idea. Idea circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Idea throws a lazy uppercut

and Yaj counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Yaj.
Idea is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yaj pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Idea is keeping the position for now.
Yaj is working Idea over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Idea trying to strike off his back.
Yaj lands a couple of digs.

Idea is rocked!
Idea bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yaj's guard.

Yaj preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Idea has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Idea working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yaj has momentary wrist control but Idea slips an elbow through the middle.
Yaj wants to sweep here but Idea controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj controlling the position.
Idea makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Idea landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yaj utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Idea with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Idea postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Idea showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yaj looking to control.
Idea makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bad Idea dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A jab from Idea finds it's way through Yaj's defenses.
Idea misses with a kick to the body.
Yaj lands a nice hook to Idea's body. Idea takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Idea misses with a wild body shot.
Yaj is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Idea.
Idea scores with the left hand. Yaj knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Yaj misses.
Idea listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Idea cracks Yaj with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yaj lands a jab.
Idea will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yaj throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Idea.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Idea throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yaj on the side of the head.
Yaj uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Idea.
Idea lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Idea.
Yaj throws the left hand but Idea avoids the punch easily.
Yaj throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Idea sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by Idea.
Leo Yaj is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Idea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yaj.
Yaj tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Idea counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Idea scores with a hook.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Idea cracks Yaj with a good jab.

Yaj is rocked!
Idea misses with a takedown attempt
and Yaj makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yaj throws a series of punches but Idea avoids them all with ease.
Yaj takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Idea. That's going to slow Yaj down.
Idea is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idea scores with a decent looking hook.
Oh Yaj is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Idea connects with a nice looking jab.
Yaj takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Idea takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Idea cracks Yaj with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Yaj falls to his knees and Idea doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bad Idea!
A very excited looking Bad Idea made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.