PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mass Acre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baba Yaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaga has chosen Bring The Pain - Method Man as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Acre
vs
Yaga

210 cm
19
238 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
19
245 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mass Acre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baba Yaga!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Acre.
Acre stuffs the takedown attempt from Yaga. Yaga gets slowly back to his feet.

Yaga closes the distance and clinches.
Yaga drops down looking for an ankle pick but Acre pulls his leg out and moves away.
Acre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yaga as he jumps to the side.
Yaga with the counter takedown but Acre avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Acre is defended easily by Yaga.
Yaga unleashes a big counter combination but Acre bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Acre throws a lazy head kick

and Yaga counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yaga seems to be looking for submissions.
Yaga drops an elbow to the side of Acre's head.
Acre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Acre.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Yaga working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Yaga landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaga scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yaga advances to half guard.
Yaga trying to mount his opponent but Acre defends it.
Yaga lands a big elbow - Acre is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Yaga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baba Yaga!
After winning the bout, Baba Yaga thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.