PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Yeses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Rovanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yeses might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius. Rovanov has chosen System Of A Down - Chop Suey! as his entrance music. Mario Yeses has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Yeses
vs
Rovanov

196 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mario Yeses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maxim Rovanov!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rovanov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Rovanov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yeses to the ground. Rovanov is now in Yeses's guard.
Rovanov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Yeses working for a triangle but Rovanov defends it easily.
Yeses will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rovanov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rovanov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rovanov is in close to Yeses's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yeses tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yeses knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rovanov on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rovanov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rovanov lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Yeses is rocked!
Rovanov postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Yeses covers up, he's hurt! Rovanov keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Rovanov and the ref steps in to end the fight! Rovanov can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxim Rovanov!