PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donsone De (ranked 160 p4p, 20 weight class) and Yuri Boyka (ranked 117 p4p, 17 weight class). Boyka has chosen Three 6 Mafia - Its A Fight lyrics as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

De
vs
Boyka

190 cm
27
224 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
31
207 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donsone De!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De is looking to counter punch.
Boyka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De misses with an attempted mid kick.
De jabs at Boyka's body.
De lands a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boyka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De moves away from the strike by Boyka.
Boyka tries to land a body kick
and De counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boyka throws a hook to the side of De's head but De sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boyka counters with a nice body shot.
De shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Boyka as he jumps to the side.
De is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyka.
Boyka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De.
Boyka tries to land a leg kick but De saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De lands a head kick. Boyka smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nice defenses there by Boyka.
De throws a front kick aimed at Boyka's knee but Boyka avoids it well.
We've been informed that Boyka has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Boyka feints a jab promting De to slip. Boyka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. De slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Donsone De has been cut.
Boyka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boyka.
Boyka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De moves away.
Boyka misses with a body shot
letting De counter with a right hand.
Boyka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boyka manages to avoid it.
De misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyka.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De swings for the body but Boyka moves out of range.
Boyka moves out of range of the body kick from De.
Boyka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De avoids a punch combination nicely.
De was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big left from Boyka misses.
De is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
De takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boyka looks to throw the jab but De is out of range.
De throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Boyka on the side of the head.
De looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De connects with a right hand. Boyka shakes it off.
A big right from Boyka misses.
Boyka looks to land a right hand but De moved out of range.
De misses with a wild body shot.
De throws a head kick that misses
and Boyka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boyka throws a jab but it's blocked by De.
Boyka throws a low kick but De moves out of range easily.
Boyka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyka needs to keep his hands up - De had a free shot at his head there.
Boyka walks into a stiff left hand from De.
De takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boyka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Boyka connects with a leg kick. De looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boyka lands with a straight right. De didn't see that one coming.
Yuri Boyka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Boyka.
Boyka wants to slow De down by chopping away at his legs.
Boyka swings widly with a right hand

and De counters with a shoot takedown. Boyka fights it but they end up in guard.

Boyka kicks De off and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De misses with a wild body shot.
Boyka just misses with a punch to the body.
Boyka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyka with the counter takedown but De avoids it easily.
Boyka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boyka swings for the body but De moves out of range.
De misses the body punch
and Boyka counters with a straight right hand.
Boyka checks a leg kick.

Boyka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyka tries a body shot but De blocks it.
De swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boyka lands a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boyka prevents a body shot from De.
De has a couple of punches blocked by Boyka.
Boyka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boyka stalling in the clinch.
De takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yuri Boyka will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donsone De'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.

A slow jab from De misses its intended target.
De misses with a takedown attempt
and Boyka counters with a nice leg kick.
De checks a low kick from Boyka.
De throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boyka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De's hands.
De throws a low kick, looking for Boyka's leg but Boyka calmly moves out of range.
De swings for the body but Boyka moves out of range.
Boyka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De moves away.
It looked like De was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Boyka.
Boyka misses with a straight right.
Boyka misses with a low kick as De jumps back.
De misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De is out of range.
De seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Boyka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De is looking to counter punch.
De throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boyka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boyka misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka tries to move into range but De moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De fakes the leg kick and cracks Boyka in the body.
De explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Boyka is looking to clinch.
De throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boyka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boyka throws a shot from downtown. De moves away and avoids it.
De takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boyka.
Boyka missing with a left hand there. De was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boyka just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick there by De.
De throws a chopping leg kick but Boyka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boyka scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyka misses with a leg kick
and De counters with a good, hard body kick but Boyka shrugs it off.
Boyka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De. That did some damage!
De is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De scores with a head kick.
Boyka cracks De with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De tries a low kick but Boyka avoids it.
Boyka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De.
The crowd cheers as Boyka lands an impressive looking overhand right. De doesn't seem phased though.
De throws a right hand that Boyka ducks under and follows up with a left that Boyka also avoids with ease.
De connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Boyka momentarily.
Boyka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyka.
Boyka throws a looping overhand right but De ducks down to avoid it.
Boyka tries to close the distance and clinch but De swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyka swings for the body but De moves out of range.
De swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De fails with a takedown attempt.
Boyka is clearly trying to counter these attacks from De with a body shot.
Boyka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De misses with the body kick
enabling Boyka to counter with a crisp jab.
De takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boyka lands with a nice body punch.
De checks a low kick from Boyka.
De swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Boyka.
Boyka is looking to chop away at De's legs.
Boyka connects with a solid leg kick.
Boyka throws a body punch but De moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Boyka.
De ducks under a wild hook from Boyka.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyka lands a nice leg kick that just misses De's sensitive parts.
De works Boyka's body with a nice hook.
De shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boyka pinned against the cage. Boyka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donsone De. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boyka misses the shot to the body.
De takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Boyka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Donsone De's cut.
That's time! De's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

De checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De connects with a leg kick. Boyka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yuri Boyka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab by Boyka.
De throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boyka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick misses from De.
Boyka throws a counter combo.
Boyka keeps the fight on the outside.
Boyka stuffs the takedown attempt from De. De gets slowly back to his feet.
Boyka drops down looking to force a counter takedown but De defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyka tries to work over De's front leg with a kick but De checks it.
Boyka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boyka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka throws a nice inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Boyka blocks the leg kick.
Boyka is looking for the big counter here.
De misses with a head kick.
De shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Boyka defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donsone De. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyka throws a right hand that misses
and De finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Boyka sizes up De with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Boyka fails to land with a series of punches.
De misses with a low kick.
Boyka lands the left hand.
Nice cross by Boyka.
Boyka checks a leg kick nicely.
Boyka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka scores with a jab to the head.

De is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boyka drops De with a big left hand! De is injured, injured bad! Boyka jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Boyka!
In his post fight interview, Yuri Boyka started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Donsone De spoke after the fight, saying 'The only real victory are KOs, and you failed. Savor the Win, You'll know why I let you have the W, because somebody is going to get cucked by his girl with me soon. *smirks*'.