PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Monday Blues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Yocum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Blues
vs
Yocum

170 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

161 cm
23
140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Monday Blues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Yocum!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yocum drives through and clinches with Blues against the cage.
Blues lands a shoulder strike.
Blues lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Johnny Yocum has been cut.
Blues lands a right hand.
Blues works on Yocum's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blues.
A nice left hand lands by Blues.
Blues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yocum pushes off an throws an elbow but Blues leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Yocum fails to land.
Blues avoiding damage as Yocum throws knees to the body.
Blues lands a hook that snaps the head of Yocum backwards.
Yocum throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Blues.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blues lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yocum throws a head punch that misses.
Yocum creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yocum tries to land a knee to the head but Blues blocks with his arms.
Blues scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yocum throws an elbow but misses.
Blues managing to block the knees to the body from Yocum.
We've been informed that Yocum has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Blues's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blues dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blues comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yocum tries to throw a body punch but Blues avoids it by throwing Yocum back against the cage.
Blues blocks the elbow strike.
Yocum misses with a punch to the body.

Blues breaks from the clinch.
Yocum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blues has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yocum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blues.
Blues will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blues moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromYocum.
Blues dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yocum misses with an uppercut
and Blues counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yocum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blues punishes Yocum's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blues thuds a left hand into Yocum's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yocum misses with a hook. Blues ducked under it nicely.
Blues lands a nice hook to Yocum's body. Yocum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blues scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blues, as that shot connected.
Blues scores with a nice head shot.
Blues cracks Yocum with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blues's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yocum under the eye.
Blues lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blues. That's going to slow Yocum down.
Blues avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yocum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Blues is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yocum drops his hands momentarily and Blues takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yocum tries to clinch there but Blues circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blues scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Blues clinches up with Yocum and pushes him back against the cage.
Yocum misses with an elbow strike.
Blues lands a nice elbow.
Yocum lands a nice elbow.
Blues blocks an elbow strike from Yocum.
Blues makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blues works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blues lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yocum backwards.
Nice elbow from Blues.
Blues gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yocum throws an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yocum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yocum trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Blues.
Yocum throws an elbow that misses.
Blues blocks an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Blues.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blues.
Yocum tries a knee to the head but Blues blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Blues.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blues creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blues lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yocum swings wildly with an uppercut but Blues uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blues lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Blues.
Blues avoiding damage.
Yocum pushes Blues back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yocum takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Johnny Yocum's cut even more.
Blues avoids a wild elbow strike from Yocum.
Blues lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blues lands a right hand.
Blues creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yocum's defenses.
Good body shot from Blues.
Yocum looks winded!
Blues lands an elbow just above Yocum 's eye.
Blues lands a damaging elbow.

Yocum is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monday Blues dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Yocum's cut.
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.

Blues with a nice cross.
Yocum is still on wobbly legs! Can Blues finish him?
Blues punishes Yocum's body with a nice straight punch.
Yocum seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Blues.
Blues digs a good body shot into Yocum's ribs.
Blues lands a nice shot to the body.
Yocum is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blues.
Blues is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yocum can do to turn this around?
Blues throws a good cross that connects.
Blues smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blues buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blues works the jab nicely.

Blues closes the distance and clinches.
Monday Blues has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yocum misses with an elbow over the top.
Blues lands an elbow inside.
Yocum takes a shot to the head.
Blues gets through Yocum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blues lands a damaging elbow.
Blues lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blues blocks an elbow strike.
Yocum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blues backwards.
Yocum takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blues pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Yocum! Blues unloads with more strikes and Yocum sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monday Blues!
As Monday Blues got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I'm the hunter, you're the prey.'.