PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoel Embolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiburcio Aguirre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiburcio Aguirre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Embolo
vs
Aguirre

194 cm
25
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Intelligent

After School Syndicate

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yoel Embolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tiburcio Aguirre!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
A jab from Embolo does it's job there.
Embolo throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aguirre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Embolo.
Embolo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguirre misses with a takedown attempt
and Embolo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aguirre thinking.
Embolo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Aguirre gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Embolo gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoel Embolo!
In his post fight interview, Yoel Embolo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.