PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Mason (ranked 1047 p4p, 154 weight class) and Harrison Yates (ranked 906 p4p, 128 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Mason
vs
Yates

190 cm
30
190 lbs
15 - 6 - 2

187 cm
35
199 lbs
24 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dean Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
Mason throws a body punch but Yates moves out of range.
Mason connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yates scores with a body shot.
Yates tries to close the distance and clinch but Mason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yates throws a leg kick but Mason checks it.
Mason takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yates takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mason on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mason misses with an uppercut. Yates saw that one coming.
Mason takes a swing at Yates's ribcage but misses.
Mason looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yates! But no joy.
Yates misses with a straight left.
Yates throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mason lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yates's sensitive parts.
We've been told by Mason's head coaches at The Studio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mason looks to score with a jab to the body but Yates is just out of range.
Mason throws a body shot but no joy.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason throws out a loose jab but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yates! But no joy.
Yates throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mason.
It seemed like Yates was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yates takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yates scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yates swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mason.
Mason is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yates throws a hook but Mason blocks it.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yates throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mason fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yates on the side of the head.
Mason on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yates lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mason has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mason and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason tries to move into range but Yates moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yates jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mason pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mason keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yates.
Mason takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason misses with an uppercut. Yates saw that one coming.
Mason scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yates throws a leg kick but Mason sees it coming and moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Mason misses its target.
The fighters circling - Yates throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yates misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mason avoids the head kick by Yates.
Yates slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yates chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mason can pounce on him.
Mason swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mason throws a low kick but Yates avoids it.
Yates swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mason ducks right into an uppercut from Yates.
Mason connects with a body shot.
Mason throws a hook but Yates blocks it.
Mason misses with a wild body shot.
Yates throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mason sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mason staying out of range there.
Mason missing with a left hand there. Yates was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yates was well out of range. Poor timing from Mason.
Mason keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yates.
Mason cracks a nice hook into Yates's ribs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mason.
Mason uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yates.
Mason swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yates pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yates takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yates uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mason.
Yates swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mason lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yates backs up against the cage.
Yates with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A head kick misses from Yates.
Mason throwing a counter right hand but Yates manages to avoid it.
Mason takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yates is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mason had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mason throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Yates counters with a good low kick that Mason was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yates tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mason is able to avoid easily.
Mason throws a jab when Yates was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yates at a distance.
Yates scores with the left hand. Mason knows he should have avoided that one.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates takes one on the button.
Yates moves out of range as Mason strikes.
Yates gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yates lands the left hand.
Yates walks into a left hand.
Mason throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yates counters with a straight right hand.
Mason scores with a leg kick.

Yates darts in and clinches Mason up against the cage.
Yates tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Yates.
Mason trying to control the position but instead, Yates has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mason into the cage.
Mason stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Harrison Yates will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yates lands with a good body shot.
A head kick by Yates misses
and Mason cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yates takes one to the side of the head.
Mason looks to score with a jab to the body but Yates is just out of range.
Yates feints and then cracks Mason's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mason down.
Yates is looking to score with low kicks.
Mason avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mason takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yates feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mason's calf.
Mason uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yates.
Yates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Mason misses the target.
Mason throws the kick towards the body but Yates avoids it.
Yates misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yates throws a solid leg kick but Mason takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yates.
Yates tries a low kick but Mason avoids it.
Yates connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Mason checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mason slips under a jab from Yates.
Mason scores with a jab. Yates acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mason swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yates misses with a hook.
And Mason counters with a quick kick to the body but Yates blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mason misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Yates misses.
Yates misses with a few strikes there.
Yates sizes up Mason with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yates lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mason uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yates.
Yates misses with a body kick.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
Mason throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mason scores with a hook to the body. Yates takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mason throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates throws a body punch but Mason moves out of range.
Mason lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mason takes a swing at Yates's ribcage but misses.
Mason uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yates.
Yates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mason slips a jab from Yates.
Harrison Yates seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mason avoids a kick to the body.
Mason swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mason cracks the inside of Yates's front leg.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates misses with a looping right.
Mason misses the shot to the body.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yates.
Yates throws the kick towards the body but Mason avoids it.
Mason half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason takes a swing at Yates's ribcage but misses.
Yates connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mason stuns Yates with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mason.
It looked like Mason wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yates avoids the body shot from Mason.
Mason throws out a powerful jab.
Mason misses with a looping left.
Yates drops his hands momentarily and Mason takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Yates lands a jab-cross combination.
A jab lands there for Mason.
Mason throws a poor cross that misses
and Yates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mason lands with a good body shot.
Yates throws a head kick that misses.
Yates throws a head kick but Mason moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mason. Yates does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mason.
Mason jabs Yates to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yates tries to clinch but Mason is having none of it.
Yates throws a low kick but Mason avoids it.
Mason throws out a powerful jab.
Mason swings for the body but Yates moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Yates misses.
Yates bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mason's head backwards.
Yates on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mason is looking to wear down Yates with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mason checks a leg kick.
Mason moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick from Yates lands but Mason takes it in his stride.
Mason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yates manages to avoid it.
Yates misses with a body shot.
Mason swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yates moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Harrison Yates will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mason was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Nice defenses there by Yates.
Yates just misses with a punch to the body.
Mason lands a leg kick that knocks Yates off balance momentarily.
A head kick misses from Yates.
Yates misses with a looping left.
Yates attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yates lands a jab to Mason's midsection.
Yates throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mason takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yates misses with a left hand
and Mason counters with a good low kick that Yates was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason missing with a left hand there. Yates was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yates looks to throw the jab but Mason is out of range.
Yates uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mason.
A cross from Mason lands.
Yates slips a straight right by Mason.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason tries to bum rush Yates with a series of wild strikes but Yates uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yates avoids the body shot from Mason.
Mason looks to score with a jab to the body but Yates is just out of range.
Yates works the jab nicely.
Mason uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yates has time to react.
Yates lands a leg kick that knocks Mason off balance momentarily.
Yates ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mason misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Mason misses its intended target.
Yates looks to land a left hand but Mason moved out of range nicely.
Yates throws a leg kick but Mason sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Mason. That snapped Yates's head back.
Mason connects with a solid leg kick.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Yates displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mason throws out the jab.
Yates throws a counter combo.
Yates takes a swing at Mason's ribcage but misses.
Dean Mason has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yates has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mason is able to avoid easily.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates misses with a body shot.
Mason throws a quick counter kick to the body but Yates avoids it.
Yates will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yates thuds a left hand into Mason's body.
Mason throws a poor cross that misses
and Yates counters with a right hand to the body.
Donk. Mason catches Yates right on the button with a cross.
Mason jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yates now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Yates was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Yates misses.
Mason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yates throws out the jab.
Mason steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Yates scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Yates.
Yates lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yates takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mason throws a push kick but Yates slaps the foot to one side.
Yates misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yates takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mason avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yates swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mason cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mason throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yates's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mason was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yates, right into the meat.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Yates just misses with a punch to the body.
Mason swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mason looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mason.
Yates walks into a stiff left hand from Mason.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates scores with a jab. Mason acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mason drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mason digs a good body shot into Yates's ribs.
Yates thows a body kick. Mason tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mason scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yates lands a nice shot to the body.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mason with a hook.

Yates is rocked!
Yates blocks a leg kick.
Yates is still on wobbly legs! Can Mason finish him?
Yates fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yates seems to have recovered his senses.
Mason ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mason misses with a looping right.
Mason takes a swing at Yates's ribcage but misses.
Yates's corner calls for a 1-2. Yates obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Yates checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harrison Yates.
Well Yates has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harrison Yates!