PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Yanovich (ranked 4834 p4p, 410 weight class) and Akkan Kubilay (ranked 4922 p4p, 415 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yanovich
vs
Kubilay

165 cm
19
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

163 cm
19
161 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bogdan Yanovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akkan Kubilay!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanovich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yanovich looks to land a right hand but Kubilay moved out of range.
Kubilay feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Yanovich clinches with his opponent.
Yanovich lands a left hand.
Yanovich throws a head punch that misses.
Yanovich crunches a lovely knee into Kubilay's ribcage.
Yanovich working Kubilay over with knees to the body.
Kubilay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yanovich has Kubilay pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yanovich is pushing Kubilay up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yanovich taking a breather.
Yanovich seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanovich misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yanovich.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yanovich.
Yanovich taking a breather.
Yanovich misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yanovich.
Yanovich lands with a left to the head.
Yanovich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yanovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kubilay changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yanovich fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Yanovich darts in and clinches Kubilay up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yanovich.
Yanovich will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kubilay up against the cage.
Yanovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Kubilay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kubilay wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanovich lands a nice uppercut.
Yanovich gets through Kubilay's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yanovich leaning his opponent against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kubilay tries to pull guard but Yanovich forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bogdan Yanovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akkan Kubilay.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yanovich.
Yanovich is pushing Kubilay up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yanovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yanovich content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bogdan Yanovich.
Yanovich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kubilay's head.
Yanovich misses with an uppercut.
Yanovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Kubilay. Kubilay gets slowly back to his feet.
Bogdan Yanovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kubilay walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big left from Yanovich misses.
Kubilay has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kubilay there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Yanovich dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kubilay looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kubilay looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A jab from Yanovich misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Yanovich misses the target.

Yanovich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kubilay, pushing him back against the cage.
Yanovich gets through Kubilay's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yanovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yanovich avoiding damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yanovich.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Yanovich for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanovich misses with some punches.
A short right from Yanovich.
Yanovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yanovich scores with a nice hook to the head.

Kubilay is rocked!
Kubilay drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kubilay is still on wobbly legs! Can Yanovich finish him?
Kubilay drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yanovich gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bogdan Yanovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akkan Kubilay.
Yanovich lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kubilay to his knees! Yanovich keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bogdan Yanovich!