PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between King Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quavo Huncho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Huncho's choice of entrance music: T-Shirt - Migos. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Yang
vs
Huncho

185 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quavo Huncho!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huncho rushes Yang and presses him up against the cage.
Yang leaning against his opponent.
Huncho keeps control of Yang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Huncho prevents Yang from breaking the clinch.
Huncho tries to pull guard but Yang won't allow it.
Yang is stalling here.
Huncho has Yang pressed against the cage, preventing Yang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Huncho is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Yang pulls Huncho into guard.
Yang looking for a sweep. Not yet Yang, not yet.
Yang tries to strike from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yang holds on and takes a little breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huncho trying to control the position from guard on top but Yang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yang pulls Huncho in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huncho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Huncho seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Huncho rushes Yang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Huncho decides to pull guard.
Huncho can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yang controls the pace.
Huncho is adopting a defensive guard.
Huncho trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huncho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yang is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Huncho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yang is controlling him.
Yang controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yang gets the takedown into side control.
Yang slows the pace down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Huncho can't do much from the bottom here.
Yang controlling the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Huncho doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Yang counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Yang.
Huncho wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Yang manages to pass to side control.
Huncho looks winded!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Yang controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Yang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A jab from Huncho does it's job there.

Yang looking to score a takedown here. Huncho is defending well but Yang drives through and ends up in Huncho's guard.

Huncho escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yang gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Huncho being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huncho working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang controlling from the top position.
Huncho has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Yang has passed into side control.
King Yang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Huncho wants to control but Yang postures up.

Yang stands up.
Huncho is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yang is defended easily by Huncho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Yang moves into the clinch successfully.
Yang is pushing Huncho up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Huncho has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Yang regains guard immediately.
Yang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Huncho manages to get himself to full guard.

Yang is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yang connects with a couple of short punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Huncho wants to get back to his feet but Yang is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Yang dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Huncho gets a clinch.
Huncho wants to take the fight to the mat but Yang manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Huncho wants a takedown.

Yang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huncho shoots for a double leg takedown but Yang sprawls well. He's pushed Huncho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
King Yang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quavo Huncho.
Huncho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yang sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Huncho rushes Yang and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Huncho is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yang is defending well for now.

Yang pulls guard.
Huncho throws a strike but Yang rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Huncho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huncho working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Yang seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Huncho for as long as he can get away with.
Yang postures up.
Yang slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Huncho has an active guard here but Yang has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Yang is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Huncho is just riding it out for now. Yang eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yang perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Huncho wants to control but Yang is keeping busy.

Yang decides to stand and escape the position.
Huncho tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yang defends well and Huncho ends up having to push Yang into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
King Yang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Yang gets the takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here as Yang stalls from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
King Yang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yang, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Yang!
The defeated Quavo Huncho had this to say: 'Whatevs man, I'll get'em next time.'.