PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Yanovich (ranked 2824 p4p, 311 weight class) and Tom Giebelhals (ranked 2113 p4p, 242 weight class). Yanovich comes to the cage accompanied by When Johnny Comes Marching Home. 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.

Yanovich
vs
Giebelhals

165 cm
24
167 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
162 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bogdan Yanovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Giebelhals!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ron Honeybunn and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Giebelhals tries to keep at a distance but Yanovich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.

Yanovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giebelhals cracks the inside of Yanovich's front leg.
Yanovich scores with a jab. Giebelhals acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yanovich checks a leg kick.
Giebelhals scores with a jab.
Yanovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yanovich throws a lazy right hand but Giebelhals sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yanovich misses with an uppercut.
Yanovich lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Giebelhals lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yanovich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Giebelhals manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yanovich checks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Yanovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yanovich listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giebelhals is looking to chop away at Yanovich's legs.
Yanovich is looking to clinch.
Tom Giebelhals seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yanovich looks to land a right hand but Giebelhals moved out of range.
Yanovich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Giebelhals's head backwards.
Giebelhals lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yanovich's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanovich misses with a hook.
Giebelhals keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yanovich.
Yanovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yanovich lands a jab to the nose.
Giebelhals misses with a body shot.
Giebelhals moves out of range as Yanovich strikes.
Yanovich throws a hook but Giebelhals avoids it easily.
Giebelhals 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.
Giebelhals thows a leg kick but Yanovich checks it
enabling Yanovich to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Yanovich misses.
Yanovich throws the left hand but Giebelhals avoids the punch easily.
Yanovich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Giebelhals takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Yanovich rushes Giebelhals and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giebelhals.
Yanovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giebelhals's elbow.
Giebelhals blocks a body shot from Yanovich.
Yanovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giebelhals's elbow.
Yanovich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals prevents Yanovich from breaking the clinch.
Yanovich is trying to break free.
Giebelhals blocks a body shot from Yanovich.
Giebelhals fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giebelhals lands an uppercut.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Giebelhals fails to land.
Giebelhals throws a head punch that misses.
Yanovich has had enough of the clinch but Giebelhals keeps him there for the moment.
Giebelhals misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giebelhals.
Yanovich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Giebelhals or not.
A left hand lands to the body for Giebelhals.
Giebelhals makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Giebelhals breaks the clinch.
Giebelhals attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yanovich misses with a hook. Giebelhals ducked under it nicely.
Yanovich tests Giebelhals's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yanovich throws a hook to the side of Giebelhals's head but Giebelhals sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Giebelhals looks for the body kick but Yanovich saw that one coming.
Yanovich connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals throws a front kick aimed at Yanovich's knee but Yanovich avoids it well.
Yanovich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yanovich misses the shot to the body.
Giebelhals moves away from the strike by Yanovich.
A head kick misses from Giebelhals.
Giebelhals circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot lands for Yanovich.
Yanovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yanovich chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Giebelhals can pounce on him.
Giebelhals walks into a straight right hand from Yanovich.
Yanovich tries to clinch up.
Giebelhals tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yanovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Giebelhals.
Yanovich checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Giebelhals rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yanovich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yanovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giebelhals swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giebelhals jabs Yanovich to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yanovich misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giebelhals circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yanovich throws a big shot that misses.
Yanovich swings for the body but Giebelhals moves out of range.
Giebelhals lands with a thumping leg kick.
Giebelhals is looking to slow Yanovich down with leg kicks.
Yanovich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Giebelhals.
A head kick misses from Giebelhals.
Yanovich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yanovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Giebelhals's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giebelhals lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Yanovich misses.
Yanovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
An inside leg kick from Giebelhals misses.
Giebelhals throws a low kick but Yanovich avoids it.
Giebelhals throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bogdan Yanovich will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Giebelhals looks to land a body kick but Yanovich moved away.
Yanovich is looking to counter punch.
Yanovich cracks a nice hook into Giebelhals's ribs.
Giebelhals uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yanovich.
Yanovich moves out of range as Giebelhals throws a body kick.
Giebelhals throws a head kick but Yanovich moves out of range.
Yanovich moves out of range of the body kick.
Bogdan Yanovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Giebelhals moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Giebelhals ducks right into an uppercut from Yanovich.
Yanovich lands a lovely overhand right.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Giebelhals lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Giebelhals.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Giebelhals.
Giebelhals fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yanovich has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab by Giebelhals.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yanovich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yanovich. Giebelhals does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giebelhals appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yanovich jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Yanovich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Yanovich misses the target.
Yanovich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yanovich tries to clinch but Giebelhals is having none of it.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick but Yanovich sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yanovich misses with an uppercut. Giebelhals saw that one coming.
Giebelhals bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yanovich's head backwards.
Giebelhals lands a leg kick that knocks Yanovich off balance momentarily.
Giebelhals is looking to chop away at Yanovich's legs.
Giebelhals throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yanovich moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice jab there from Yanovich.
Yanovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Giebelhals circles away.
Yanovich checks a leg kick nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giebelhals.
Giebelhals uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yanovich.
Yanovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Giebelhals.
Yanovich misses with a looping right.

Yanovich forces Giebelhals back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Giebelhals breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanovich throws a body punch but Giebelhals moves out of range.
Giebelhals with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Giebelhals throws a push kick but Yanovich slaps the foot to one side.
Yanovich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yanovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yanovich punishes Giebelhals's body with a nice straight punch.
Giebelhals motions for Yanovich to come forward. Giebelhals throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Giebelhals throws a half hearted mid kick.
Giebelhals avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Giebelhals. Yanovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
A leg kick checked by Yanovich.
Yanovich is looking to clinch.
Yanovich throws a big shot that misses.
Giebelhals tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Yanovich has closed the distance and engaged Giebelhals in a clinch.
Giebelhals swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yanovich trying to stall but Giebelhals improves his position.
Bogdan Yanovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals has a couple of punches blocked by Yanovich.
Yanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.

Giebelhals escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giebelhals swats away the attempt to clinch by Yanovich.
Giebelhals is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Giebelhals connects with a leg kick. Yanovich looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd cheers as Yanovich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Giebelhals doesn't seem phased though.
Giebelhals blocks a jab.
Giebelhals bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Giebelhals uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yanovich.
Yanovich scores with a body shot.
Yanovich jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Giebelhals misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yanovich misses with an uppercut. Giebelhals saw that one coming.
Giebelhals has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Giebelhals there as he acknowledges the shot.
Giebelhals connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yanovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Giebelhals.
Giebelhals misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Yanovich.
Giebelhals has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yanovich misses with a straight left.
Giebelhals was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Giebelhals wants to land a leg kick but Yanovich is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Yanovich blocks the leg kick.
Yanovich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Giebelhals goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Giebelhals lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Giebelhals throws a head kick that misses
enabling Yanovich to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Giebelhals, right into the meat.
Yanovich scores with a body shot.
Yanovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yanovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yanovich lands a nice hook to Giebelhals's body. Giebelhals takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Yanovich gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yanovich keeps control of Giebelhals as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yanovich misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bogdan Yanovich will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Giebelhals throws a nice inside leg kick.
Giebelhals throws the kick towards the body but Yanovich avoids it.
Yanovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Giebelhals is just out of range.
Giebelhals pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yanovich misses the jab.

Yanovich moves into the clinch.
Yanovich digs a right hand into Giebelhals's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Giebelhals's gas tank.
Giebelhals lands an uppercut.
Yanovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yanovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yanovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Giebelhals misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giebelhals blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yanovich lands a nice uppercut.
Yanovich digs a right hand into Giebelhals's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Giebelhals's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Yanovich.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giebelhals takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yanovich misses with a punch to the body.
Yanovich lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Yanovich - that landed with a thud.
Giebelhals prevents a body shot from Yanovich.
Yanovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Yanovich breaks the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Giebelhals lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yanovich has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yanovich and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Giebelhals tries a head kick but it misses.
Giebelhals throws a head kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Yanovich.
Yanovich tries to clinch there but Giebelhals circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Giebelhals! But no joy.
Giebelhals takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Giebelhals takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yanovich lands with a nice body punch.
Yanovich lands a nice shot that snaps Giebelhals's head back.
Giebelhals looks to score with a jab to the body but Yanovich is just out of range.
Yanovich scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giebelhals connects with a nice looking jab.
Yanovich's jab looks to have found its range, popping Giebelhals under the eye.
Giebelhals fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yanovich checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals feints and then cracks Yanovich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yanovich down.
Yanovich misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Giebelhals! But no joy.
Yanovich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yanovich misses the jab.
Yanovich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yanovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giebelhals.
Nice defenses there by Giebelhals.
Tom Giebelhals has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Yanovich misses.
Giebelhals throws a head kick but Yanovich moves out of range.

Yanovich moves into range and clinches up with Giebelhals.
Yanovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Giebelhals's efforts to push away.
Yanovich keeps control of Giebelhals as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yanovich misses with a punch to the body.
Yanovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Giebelhalss head.

Giebelhals breaks the clinch.
Giebelhals on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals staying out of range there.
Giebelhals misses with a low kick.
Yanovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giebelhals can do to turn this around?
Nice shot lands for Yanovich.
Yanovich misses with a hook.
Giebelhals pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick
and Giebelhals takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Yanovich misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Yanovich.
Yanovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Giebelhals swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Yanovich takes the fight into the clinch.
Yanovich tries to throw a body punch but Giebelhals avoids it by throwing Yanovich back against the cage.
Giebelhals taking a breather.
Yanovich lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Giebelhals creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giebelhals cracks the inside of Yanovich's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giebelhals avoids the body shot from Yanovich.
Nice body punch from Yanovich.
Yanovich connects with a jab.
Giebelhals is looking to chop away at Yanovich's legs.
Giebelhals throws out a leg kick but Yanovich moves out of range and Giebelhals only half commits.
Yanovich scores with a decent looking hook.
Giebelhals moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Giebelhals throws a leg kick
and Yanovich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yanovich looks to land a right hand but Giebelhals moved out of range.
Giebelhals takes a swing at Yanovich's ribcage but misses.
Yanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Giebelhals takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giebelhals moves away.
Giebelhals throws a low kick, looking for Yanovich's leg but Yanovich calmly moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Yanovich blocks the leg kick.
Yanovich connects with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bogdan Yanovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yanovich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bogdan Yanovich!
An out of breath Bogdan Yanovich thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.