PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kimo Latchman (ranked 7205 p4p, 0 weight class) and Subbin Yaeasly (ranked 6778 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Latchman
vs
Yaeasly

196 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

VENUM MMA WEAR

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kimo Latchman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Subbin Yaeasly!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latchman misses with a takedown attempt
and Yaeasly counters with a series of strikes. Latchman will be more careful next time no doubt.

Yaeasly has taken the fight to the clinch.

Yaeasly jumps guard.
Latchman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Latchman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Latchman is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Latchman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Latchman throwing strikes but missing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Latchman stops Yaeasly from standing up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Latchman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Latchman appears to be looking for a big counter.

Latchman pushes Yaeasly up against the cage in a clinch.
Yaeasly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yaeasly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Latchman's efforts to push away.
Yaeasly tries for a takedown but Latchman manages to get underhooks.
Latchman is looking to break free of the clinch but Yaeasly has double underhooks.

Latchman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yaeasly is trying hard to land a takedown here. Latchman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kimo Latchman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Subbin Yaeasly.
Yaeasly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Latchman.
Yaeasly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Latchman has a takedown stuffed.
Latchman closes the distance and clinches up with Yaeasly, looking for a takedown. Latchman pushes Yaeasly against the cage but Yaeasly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yaeasly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Latchman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaeasly stuffs the takedown.
Latchman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Latchman tries to clinch but Yaeasly moves out of range.
Yaeasly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Latchman walks into a left hand.

It looks like Kimo Latchman has been cut.

Yaeasly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yaeasly stalling the fight.
Yaeasly tries to pull guard but Latchman forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yaeasly prevents Latchman from breaking the clinch.
Latchman trying to control the position but instead, Yaeasly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Latchman into the cage.
Yaeasly wants to take the fight to the mat but Latchman manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Yaeasly has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Latchman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Latchman tries to pull guard but Yaeasly holds him up against the cage and eventually Latchman drops back down to his feet.

Yaeasly pulls Latchman into guard.
Latchman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've been informed that Yaeasly has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Latchman is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yaeasly wants to improve his position but instead Latchman has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Subbin Yaeasly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kimo Latchman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yaeasly just misses with a punch to the body.
Yaeasly tried to score with a low kick but Latchman checks it.
Yaeasly shoots in for a takedown but Latchman shows good takedown defense.

Latchman instigates a clinch.
Yaeasly has Latchman pressed against the cage.
Latchman is working for takedown but Yaeasly is calmly controlling the position for now.

Yaeasly breaks the clinch.
Yaeasly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaeasly misses with a looping right.
Latchman swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yaeasly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Latchman circles away.
Latchman shoots for a double leg takedown but Yaeasly sprawls well. He's pushed Latchman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yaeasly looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Yaeasly takes the fight into the clinch.
Yaeasly misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Latchman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yaeasly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimo Latchman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Yaeasly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latchman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yaeasly sprawls well. Yaeasly wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Latchman gets slowly back to his feet.
Yaeasly looks for a takedown but Latchman sprawls well.
Yaeasly fails with the takedown
and Latchman counters with a left and a right that stings Yaeasly.
Yaeasly is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Yaeasly misses.
Yaeasly tries to clinch but Latchman is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latchman swinging wildly here.
Latchman shoots in looking for a takedown. Yaeasly tries to sprawl out of it but Latchman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yaeasly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yaeasly blocks a head kick by Latchman.
Latchman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yaeasly defends it nicely.
Yaeasly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Latchman shoots in for a double leg but Yaeasly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Latchman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yaeasly counters with a series of strikes. Latchman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kimo Latchman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Latchman shoots in for a takedown but Yaeasly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Latchman leaves Yaeasly with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Yaeasly closes the distance and pushes Latchman back into the cage.
Yaeasly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Yaeasly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yaeasly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yaeasly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Latchman pinned against the cage. Latchman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Latchman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yaeasly defends it nicely.
Latchman shoots in and drives through. Yaeasly sprawls well.

Yaeasly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Latchman jumps guard but Yaeasly stands there with Latchman around his waist. Latchman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Latchman wants to break free but Yaeasly has control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Latchman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yaeasly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Yaeasly pulls guard effortlessly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yaeasly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yaeasly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Subbin Yaeasly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kimo Latchman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Yaeasly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice takedown defense from Yaeasly. No joy for Latchman on that attempt.
Yaeasly misses with a leg kick.
Latchman swinging wildly here.

Yaeasly clinches up with Latchman and pushes him back against the cage.

Yaeasly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yaeasly clinches.
Yaeasly avoiding damage as Latchman throws knees to the body.
Yaeasly is pushing Latchman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Subbin Yaeasly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Yaeasly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Latchman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yaeasly throws a counter combo.
Latchman shoots in and drives through. Yaeasly sprawls well.
Yaeasly wants to counter with a clinch but Latchman pushes him away.
Latchman misses with the combination.
Yaeasly darts in looking for a takedown but Latchman gets double underhooks and turns Yaeasly into the cage.
Yaeasly goes for a double leg but Latchman avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Latchman continues to drive forward.
Latchman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yaeasly tries to avoid it but Latchman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yaeasly to the ground. Yaeasly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimo Latchman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Yaeasly has Latchman up against the cage in a clinch.
Latchman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaeasly's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latchman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yaeasly has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Latchman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Yaeasly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yaeasly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Latchman's efforts to push away.

Yaeasly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Latchman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice body kick from Yaeasly.
Yaeasly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaeasly keeps the fight on the outside.
Yaeasly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yaeasly wants to counter the offense by Latchman and move into the clinch position.
Yaeasly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Latchman as he avoids it easily.
Latchman avoids a kick to the body.
Latchman fails with a takedown attempt.
Yaeasly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Latchman fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Latchman takes the fight into the clinch.

Yaeasly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yaeasly slaps away a takedown attempt from Latchman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Latchman with a poor takedown
and Yaeasly counters with a three punch combo that has Latchman backing up. Latchman nods at Yaeasly to acknowledge the strikes.
Yaeasly keeps the fight on the outside.

Latchman gets tackled into the cage by Yaeasly. Yaeasly maintains the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Yaeasly manages to break the clinch.
Yaeasly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Latchman as he avoids it easily.
Latchman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kimo Latchman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Subbin Yaeasly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Yaeasly clinches up with Latchman and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Subbin Yaeasly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yaeasly 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Subbin Yaeasly!