PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 286 p4p, 36 weight class) and Harrison Yates (ranked 573 p4p, 76 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Man Sanchez
vs
Yates

191 cm
28
194 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

187 cm
36
199 lbs
26 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Yes Man Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab from Yates.
A shot to the liver by Yates. Beautiful body shot.
We've been informed that Yates 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.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Yates is avoiding it.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Yates.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Yates avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Good leg kick by Yates there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Yates is avoiding it.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Yates.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Yates scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A jab from Yates misses.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yates.

Yates darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Yates.
Yates lands a nice uppercut.
Yates lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Yates, against the cage.
Yates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates lands a shot to the body.
Yates lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yates with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Sanchez to work.
Yates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Yates working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Yates working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Yates tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Yates scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Yates creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yates as Sanchez tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands an uppercut.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Yates.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Yates creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yates tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Yates back against the cage.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yates using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Yates misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Yates, against the cage.
Yates tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yates has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
I was talking to Sanchez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Yates utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yates misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez presses Yates against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yates scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Yates controls the action.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Yates blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Yates dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yates feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanchez's calf.
Harrison Yates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Yates saw that one coming.
Yates cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.
Yates lands a right hook to the body.
Yates is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Sanchez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yates throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little feinted left hand from Sanchez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yates's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Yates throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
It appears Sanchez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Yates misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yates stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yates throws a leg kick
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Yates moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Yates.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Yates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Yates tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yates takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Yates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Yates.
A right handed body shot lands from Yates.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Yates avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Yates lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harrison Yates seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Yates.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Yates controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yates creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanchez.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Yates avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yates or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yates tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yatess head.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Yates is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez pushes Yates back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez gets through Yates's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Yates controls his hands.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Yates.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez pushes Yates back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yates as Sanchez tries to tie him up.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Yates blocks it.
Yates scores a nice knee to the body.
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yates misses with the head strike.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body.
Yates comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
Yates lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yates lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yes Man Sanchez dominated that second round.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Yates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Yates cracks Sanchez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab lands there for Sanchez.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez fakes the leg kick and cracks Yates in the body.
Yates throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Yates sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Yates takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Yates rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yates tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez presses Yates against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.
Yates throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sanchez scores with a nice short uppercut.

Yates is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yates.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yates is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Yates seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Sanchez.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yates working aggressively here.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates connects with a knee to the head.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yates obliges.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yates fails to land.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Yates.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Yates.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Yates throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yates working aggressively here.
Yates throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Yates misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Yates controls his hands.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yes Man Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yes Man Sanchez!
Yes Man Sanchez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.