PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Tepes (ranked 158 p4p, 27 weight class) and Robin Yount (ranked 173 p4p, 30 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tepes
vs
Yount

176 cm
29
170 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

195 cm
33
183 lbs
33 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Tepes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Robin Yount!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yount defending well as Tepes loads up on a big left hand.
Tepes thumps Yount with a low kick.
Yount slips a jab from Tepes.
Yount is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yount misses with a kick to the body.
Yount throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.
Yount has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yount blocks a low kick nicely.
Yount throws a jab when Tepes was well out of range.
Yount lands a right hook to the body.
Yount tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tepes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yount throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tepes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yount is out of range and Tepes settles back down.
Tepes misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yount swings widly with a right hand
and Tepes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yount throws the kick towards the body but Tepes avoids it.
A combination from Tepes does no damage.
Yount appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tepes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Yount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes throws a leg kick but Yount sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've been told by Tepes's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yount dodges the punch combination from Tepes.
A combination from Yount does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Yount there.
Yount tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yount throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tepes counters with a nice body kick.
Yount takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yount throws the left hand but Tepes avoids the punch easily.
Tepes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yount throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yount blocks a low kick nicely.
Yount shapes to counter with a head kick.
Yount takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yount waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tepes.
Yount moves in looking to clinch but Tepes pushes him off.
A good leg kick by Yount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Yount.
Yount takes one to the chin there.
Yount takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tepes just misses with a punch to the body.
Yount throws a counter combo.
Tepes slips a straight right by Yount.
Yount swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tepes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yount rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tepes counters with a thumping low kick.
Yount takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yount checks the leg kick.
Yount throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tepes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tepes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tepes looks to land a left hand but Yount moved out of range nicely.
Yount is looking to slow Tepes down with leg kicks.
Tepes tries to land a body kick
and Yount counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yount's corner calls for a 1-2. Yount obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yount lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tepes circles away quickly and effectively.
Tepes moves out of range as Yount strikes.
Tepes lands with a hook. Yount tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tepes.
Yount throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.
Yount rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tepes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tepes pushes Yount away with a front kick.
Tepes lands an overhand right.
Yount takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Yount fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tepes is out of range.
Tepes catches Yount with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yount jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tepes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yount. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes ducks under a wild hook from Yount.
An attempted straight right counter from Tepes misses the target.
Yount moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yount loads up on a big right hand but Tepes slips the punch.
Tepes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yount lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yount scores with a hook.
Yount throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yount. That's going to slow Tepes down.
Tepes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yount.
A bone on bone clash there as Yount blocks the leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yount crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tepes - the referee stops the clock and Yount gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tepes. Yount manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yount lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yount drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tepes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yount doesn't manage to clinch there - Tepes circles away.
Tepes is looking to chop away at Yount's legs.
Yount throws a lazy body kick
and Tepes counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tepes looks to land a left hand but Yount moved out of range nicely.
Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yount jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Yount.
Yount keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yount looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yount walks into a left hand.
Tepes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tepes. That's going to slow Yount down.
Yount throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tepes avoids the head kick by Yount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yount misses with a looping right.
Bruno Tepes is winning the standup battle so far.
Tepes throws a wild body kick that Yount sees coming a mile off.
Yount misses with a looping right.
Yount uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tepes has time to react.
Yount throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tepes on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yount throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yount tries to land a leg kick but Tepes saw it coming and moves away.
Yount thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yount misses with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tepes, right into the meat.
Yount jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes throws a wild body kick that Yount sees coming a mile off.
Yount takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yount throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice cross by Tepes.
Tepes misses the shot to the body.
Tepes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yount throws a hook to the side of Tepes's head but Tepes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yount throws a right hand that Tepes ducks under and follows up with a left that Tepes also avoids with ease.
Yount lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yount's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tepes.
Tepes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tepes scores with a shot to the body.
Yount checks a leg kick.
Tepes pushes Yount away with a front kick.
Yount is breathing heavily.
Yount takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yount misses with a straight left.
Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yount manages to avoid it.
Tepes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tepes is looking to slow Yount down with leg kicks.
Tepes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tepes lands a really nice looking cross but Yount seems unphased.
Tepes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tepes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yount blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tepes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tepes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yount.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Yount might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tepes has got the better of the exchanges.
Yount looks to throw the jab but Tepes is out of range.
Yount misses with a looping right.
Tepes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yount throws a jab but it's blocked by Tepes.
Tepes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yount can do to turn this around?
Tepes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yount misses with a straight right.
Tepes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tepes connects with a body shot.
Tepes looks for the body kick but Yount saw that one coming.
Yount looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tepes checks a low kick from Yount.
Yount fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tepes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tepes is looking to score with low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tepes defending well as Yount loads up on a big left hand.
Tepes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yount takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tepes lands a leg kick that knocks Yount off balance momentarily.
Tepes connects with a leg kick. Yount looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yount lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Yount.
Yount throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tepes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tepes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yount throws a big shot that misses.
Yount throws a right and a left that Tepes avoids nicely.
Yount uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tepes.
Tepes lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Tepes dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Yount throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.
A leg kick checked by Yount.
Tepes cracks a nice hook into Yount's ribs.
Tepes blocks a head kick by Yount.
Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yount thows a body kick. Tepes tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tepes connects with a leg kick. Yount looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yount blocks a jab.
Nice shot by Tepes.
Tepes cracks a nice hook into Yount's ribs.
Yount blocks a head kick by Tepes.
Tepes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tepes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yount lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yount throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tepes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yount - the referee stops the clock and Tepes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yount. Tepes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yount tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tepes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tepes misses with a kick to the body
and Yount counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tepes's knee momentarily.
Yount takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tepes scoring well with a low kick there.
Yount fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tepes, right into the meat.
Tepes moves out of range of the leg kick from Yount.
Tepes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tepes misses with a straight left.
Yount is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tepes lands a jab-cross combination.
Tepes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tepes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tepes slips under a jab from Yount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yount.
Yount lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yount landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yount swings wildly with an uppercut but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yount connects with a knee to the head.
Yount cracks Tepes with a nice body shot.

Tepes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yount has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A telegraphed right hand from Yount misses the target.
Tepes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tepes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Tepes gets tackled into the cage by Yount. Yount maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yount misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tepes.
Yount blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yount throws an elbow but misses.

Tepes breaks from the clinch.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tepes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yount has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yount has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tepes.

Yount closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tepes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tepes misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tepes.

Tepes breaks from the clinch.
Tepes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yount takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yount has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tepes.
Yount lands with a good body shot.
Bruno Tepes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yount misses with an attempted mid kick.
That kick from Yount tenderised Tepes's leg. Tepes is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tepes checks a low kick from Yount.
Tepes tried to counter with a leg kick but Yount avoided it.
Tepes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tepes throws a good cross that connects.
Tepes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yount misses with a lunging right hand
and Tepes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Robin Yount has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yount looks to land a right hand but Tepes moved out of range.
Tepes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Yount.
Yount throws an overhand right that lands on Tepes's shoulder, as Tepes tries to avoid the shot.
Nice body kick there by Tepes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tepes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tepes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Tepes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tepes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Tepes!
A victorious Bruno Tepes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.