PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mamadou Yered (ranked 4527 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Blythe (ranked 5588 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yered
vs
Blythe

182 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

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 Las Vegas, Mamadou Yered!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Blythe!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yered looking to score a takedown here. Blythe is defending well but Yered drives through and ends up in Blythe's guard.
Yered pushes down on Blythe's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yered will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yered working over Blythe with some ground and pound. Blythe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yered looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Yered seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Well, if Yered is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Yered working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yered lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Yered 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.
Ground and pound from Yered.

Blythe is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yered drops an elbow to the side of Blythe's head.
Blythe is still in real trouble! Can Yered finish him?
Yered takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Yered lands a big elbow - Blythe is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Yered!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamadou Yered!