PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Rousey (ranked 7793 p4p, 215 weight class) and Amin Yashed (ranked 6592 p4p, 204 weight class). Amin Yashed will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rousey
vs
Yashed

198 cm
26
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

202 cm
25
288 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Real Men Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ron Rousey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Amin Yashed!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rousey avoids the body shot from Yashed.
Rousey takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Donk. Rousey catches Yashed right on the button with a cross.
Rousey paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rousey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab lands there for Yashed.
Yashed misses with a body shot
enabling Rousey to counter with a crisp jab.
Yashed misses with a body shot.
Yashed with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rousey to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yashed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rousey manages to avoid it.
Rousey attempts a counter takedown but Yashed avoids it well and moves away.
Yashed throws a jab but it's blocked by Rousey.

Yashed gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rousey to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rousey throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yashed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rousey throws a big elbow that misses.
Yashed preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rousey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rousey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rousey trying to control the position from guard on top but Yashed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yashed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rousey looking to pass the guard.
Rousey stops Yashed from standing up.
Rousey throws a strike but Yashed rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rousey pulls Yashed in close to prevent any damage.
Rousey trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rousey is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rousey thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rousey is controlling Yashed's posture.
Rousey looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Yashed puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rousey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rousey moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yashed trying to control but Rousey is working from the bottom.
Yashed won't allow Rousey to sweep him here.
Rousey pulls Yashed in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rousey looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Yashed puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rousey trying to control here.
Rousey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rousey tries to get out of the position.
Yashed tries to stand and escape but Rousey is controlling the position.
Rousey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rousey wants to hit a switch here but Yashed passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rousey there!
Rousey wants to hold on but Yashed pushes him away.
Rousey tries to reverse the position but Yashed maintains control.
Yashed is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rousey is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Yashed wants to stand but Rousey is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Amin Yashed will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rousey avoids the body shot from Yashed.
Rousey takes one on the button.

Rousey closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rousey lands in his opponent's guard.
Rousey postures up and lands a big shot to Yashed's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yashed keeping moving, preventing Rousey from controlling successfully.
Yashed is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rousey is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rousey preventing the sweep.
Rousey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rousey postures up in Yashed's guard and throws a big left but Yashed blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousey lands a couple of digs.
Rousey throws a strike but Yashed rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Ron Rousey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rousey managing to control the position.
Yashed postures up.
Rousey pulls Yashed in close to prevent any damage.
Rousey has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rousey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yashed's guard.

Rousey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yashed keeping moving, preventing Rousey from controlling successfully.
Rousey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yashed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rousey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yashed is keeping the position for now.
Rousey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rousey is working Yashed over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yashed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rousey is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rousey trying to control the position from guard on top but Yashed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rousey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rousey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Yashed is rocked!
Rousey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yashed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yashed working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rousey.
Rousey throwing strikes but missing.
Rousey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rousey chips away with some ground and pound.
Yashed is still in real trouble! Can Rousey finish him?
Rousey arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Yashed's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ron Rousey!