PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eon Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eon Yaj has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yaj
vs
Anderson

165 cm
30
165 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

173 cm
42
164 lbs
32 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Vandal & Laundry
Urban Fighter

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 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eon Yaj!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a leg kick but Yaj moved away.
Yaj throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A low kick from Anderson misses
enabling Yaj to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson misses with a kick to the body
and Yaj counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yaj uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Yaj takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Yaj slips under a jab.
Yaj misses with an uppercut.
Anderson slips a straight right by Yaj.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson slips a straight right by Yaj.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson throws a push kick but Yaj slaps the foot to one side.
Anderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yaj swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson swings for the body but Yaj moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson instigates a clinch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Yaj on the inside.
Yaj misses with the head strike.
Yaj scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Yaj's ribcage. Yaj let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yaj 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.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson tries to break the clinch but Yaj is controlling the position.
Yaj is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Anderson is defending well.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Yaj avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson throws the left hand but Yaj avoids the punch easily.
Anderson slips a jab from Yaj.
Yaj digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Anderson throws a leg kick

and Yaj moves into the clinch.
Yaj blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yajs head.
Anderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yaj misses with a straight left.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yaj keeps the fight on the outside.
Yaj throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yaj.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson swings widly with a right hand
and Yaj connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson throws a combination. Yaj tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Yaj swings widly with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a low kick, right behind Yaj 's knee.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yaj sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yaj drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anderson sprawls and moves away.
Yaj staying out of range there.
Yaj swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yaj was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Anderson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yaj's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yaj scrambles back to his feet.
Yaj jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Yaj thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.
Yaj fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Sparky Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson throws a body punch but Yaj moves out of range.
Yaj throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Yaj keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj prevents a body shot from Anderson.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Yaj thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yaj's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Anderson scores with a jab. Yaj acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yaj ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yaj moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yaj throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Yaj backing away here, and Anderson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yaj misses with a hook
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Anderson.
A jab lands there for Yaj.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yaj ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Yaj throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sparky Anderson will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anderson misses with a looping left.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Yaj ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anderson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Yaj counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yaj avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice body punch from Yaj.
Donk. Anderson catches Yaj right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Yaj misses.
Anderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yaj just misses with a punch to the body.
Yaj slips under a jab from Anderson.
Anderson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yaj is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Sparky Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yaj slips a jab from Anderson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Yaj throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Yaj slips a straight right by Anderson.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Anderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yaj throws out a powerful jab.
Yaj missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yaj throws out the jab.
Anderson feints a counter leg kick.
Anderson throws a push kick but Yaj slaps the foot to one side.
Anderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yaj throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anderson.
Anderson throws a lazy head kick
and Yaj connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yaj counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yaj.
Yaj swings widly with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj cracks Anderson with a good jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Yaj checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Anderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yaj to score with a decent uppercut.
Yaj throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a good low kick that Yaj was not able to check.
Yaj misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with an outside leg kick.
Yaj looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Yaj misses with a looping left.
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Yaj cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson lands a head kick. Yaj smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Anderson tries to clinch
and Yaj counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson works Yaj's body with a nice hook.
Yaj just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Anderson as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj misses with a body shot.
Yaj is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yaj staying out of range there.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Yaj does it's job there.
Anderson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yaj momentarily.
Anderson misses with a double jab.
Anderson moves forwards but Yaj connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Anderson is rocked!
Yaj throws a monster overhand right that drops Anderson! Yaj follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eon Yaj!
Eon Yaj retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Eon Yaj thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.