PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ireland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dee yenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ireland
vs
yenkins

175 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Ireland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, dee yenkins!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
yenkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Ryan Ireland has been cut.
yenkins misses with a two punch combination.
yenkins lands a two punch combo.
yenkins works over Ireland's head and body with a nice combination.
Ireland waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract yenkins.
Ireland tries to clinch but yenkins moves out of range.

Ireland has yenkins up against the cage in a clinch.
yenkins missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from yenkins - that landed with a thud.
Ireland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ireland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
yenkins avoiding damage as Ireland throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
yenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
yenkins lands a left hand.
yenkins tries to stall but Ireland uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ireland wants to get back to striking at distance but yenkins won't allow it.
yenkins is working Ireland over against the cage.

Ireland has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but yenkins regains guard immediately.
Ireland has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
yenkins keeping full guard, as Ireland tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ireland controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ireland trying to control the position from guard on top but yenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ireland gets to his feet - yenkins follows without any prompting.
yenkins throws a right and a left that Ireland avoids nicely.
Ireland tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

yenkins clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
yenkins has had enough of the clinch but Ireland keeps him there for the moment.
Ireland fails to pull guard.
Ireland jumps guard but yenkins stands there with Ireland around his waist. Ireland gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
yenkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Ireland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ireland.

yenkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
yenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
yenkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ireland.

Ireland fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. yenkins sprawls well initially but Ireland persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Ireland seems to be working for a kimura but yenkins defends the submission attempt.
Ireland is breathing heavily.
yenkins wants to improve his position but Ireland is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
yenkins wants to control but Ireland is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ireland is looking to advance position but yenkins won't allow it.
yenkins is looking for a sweep. Ireland is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Ireland is working for a kimura but yenkins is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ireland wants to stand up but yenkins has a hold of him and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from yenkins.
yenkins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ireland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from yenkins.
dee yenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ireland takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
yenkins throws a shot from downtown. Ireland moves away and avoids it.
yenkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

dee yenkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Ireland'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.

yenkins motions for Ireland to come forward. yenkins throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
yenkins tries to clinch up.
yenkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ireland shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ireland showed some decent athleticism there.
yenkins trying to hold on to Ireland's head to control him but Ireland postures up.
yenkins tries to roll over but Ireland keeps him under control.
Ireland throws a strike but yenkins avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ireland looking to sit in guard and control but yenkins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ireland is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst yenkins is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

yenkins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ireland has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but yenkins has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

yenkins wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ireland, who protects the arm well.
yenkins trying to control the action but Ireland is working from the bottom.
Ireland on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ireland tries to get out of the position.
yenkins taking a break here but Ireland is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ireland is trying to stand.
Ireland is doing well to control the position and prevent yenkins from advancing to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ireland wants to control but yenkins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
yenkins is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ireland is trying to stand back up but yenkins is controlling him
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
yenkins is looking to take a break and control but Ireland is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
yenkins stalling away here and it's allowed Ireland to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Ireland dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Ireland's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

yenkins throws a leg kick which misses Ireland's front leg but catches the back leg as Ireland tries to avoid it.
yenkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ireland slips under a jab.
yenkins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from yenkins misses the target.
Ireland on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by yenkins. yenkins obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Ireland blocks the leg kick.
yenkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ireland was well out of range. Poor timing from yenkins.

Ireland looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for yenkins!
Ireland raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ireland controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ireland avoids the attempt from yenkins to control.
yenkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Ireland has a good base and remains in mount.
Ireland raining down shots from the mount!
Ireland avoids the attempt from yenkins to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ireland looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ireland landing strikes from the mount and yenkins is in trouble!
Ireland trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ireland controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ireland working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ireland controlling the position easily from mount.
Ireland breaks from yenkins's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
yenkins is trying to escape the mount.
yenkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ireland looking to control but yenkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ireland lands a big elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ireland moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, yenkins has worked his arm free - good work by yenkins!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Ireland showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ireland has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Ireland!