PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boss Yonic (ranked 1106 p4p, 21 weight class) and Ickey Woods (ranked 3052 p4p, 75 weight class). Woods has chosen System of a Down- Chop Suey as his entrance music. Boss Yonic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yonic
vs
Woods

172 cm
31
185 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

178 cm
33
124 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains
Sportivité

Vegan Gains

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 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Boss Yonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ickey Woods!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yonic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yonic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yonic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Woods counters with a straight right hand.
Yonic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Woods was well out of range. Poor timing from Yonic.
Boss Yonic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yonic closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Woods's guard.
Yonic with a nice head shot there.

Woods is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yonic is aware though and is defending well.

Woods has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yonic can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yonic slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Woods is adopting a defensive guard.
Yonic trying to control the position from guard on top but Woods is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Woods looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Woods throws his legs up looking for a submission but Yonic uses it to pass to side control.
Yonic is looking to take a break and control but Woods is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Woods takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yonic lands an elbow.
Woods tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yonic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yonic lands an elbow.
Woods is looking to regain half guard here but Yonic keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Woods taking punishment in the form of punches.
Woods takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Woods is trying to escape the position but Yonic is controlling the position.
Yonic wants to control but Woods is keeping him busy.
Woods tries to bench press Yonic off him but Yonic keeps the position.
Woods is still trying to improve position.
Woods takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yonic trying to control the action but Woods is working from the bottom.
Yonic is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Yonic grinds an elbow into Woods's temple.

Yonic is trying to get an arm triangle but Woods is defending well.
Yonic landing strikes.
Woods on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Woods is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Woods has hold of Yonic's hands but Yonic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Woods is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Woods is trying to get back to full guard.
Yonic content to control rather than advance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yonic lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yonic is taking a breather. Woods says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Yonic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Woods for as long as he can get away with.
Woods is not content to let Yonic control the position.
Yonic lands with a punch from half guard.
Woods controlling the position well.
Nice strikes from Yonic there.
Woods trying to control but Yonic postures up.
Woods works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boss Yonic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yonic misses with a hook
and Woods counters with a nice uppercut.
Woods slips a jab from Yonic.
Yonic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Woods stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Woods takes one to the side of the head.
Yonic throws a sloppy body shot
and Woods counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yonic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yonic scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yonic throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Woods counter with a right hand.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yonic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woods.
Yonic lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yonic.
Woods feints the counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Woods.
A little feinted left hand from Yonic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yonic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yonic staying out of range there.
Yonic missing with a left hand there. Woods was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Woods releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yonic is looking to wear down Woods with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yonic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yonic throws a hook but Woods avoids it easily.
Boss Yonic is winning the standup battle so far.
Woods tries to clinch but Yonic is having none of it.
Yonic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Woods is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yonic with a body shot.
Woods lands a nice hook to Yonic's body. Yonic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yonic misses with an uppercut
and Woods connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yonic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yonic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yonic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woods.
Yonic missing with a left hand there. Woods was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Woods connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Woods throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yonic counters with a stiff right hand.

Woods darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Yonic wants to improve his position but Woods is controlling well.
Woods is pressing down on Yonic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yonic is holding on for now.

Woods is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yonic defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yonic works his way to full guard. Good work.

Yonic has an active guard here but Woods has managed to pass into half guard.
Yonic wants to improve his position but Woods is controlling well.
Yonic gets back to full guard.

Yonic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Woods won't allow Yonic to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yonic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Woods doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Woods manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Woods forces his way into half guard.
Yonic is looking to control Woods's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yonic avoid being mounted?
Yonic tries to get to full guard but Woods has control of the leg.
Yonic makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yonic.
Yonic controls Woods momentarily but Woods frees himself.
Woods stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yonic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ickey Woods will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Woods clobbers Yonic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Woods on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Woods ducks under a wild hook from Yonic.

Woods shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yonic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Yonic is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woods postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yonic is really struggling to control Woods but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods trying to control the position from guard on top but Yonic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woods postures up in Yonic's guard and throws a big left but Yonic blocks it.
Woods postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yonic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Yonic staying out of range there.
Yonic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Woods counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Yonic catches Woods right on the button with a cross.
Woods slips a straight right by Yonic.
Woods tries to counter with a clinch but Yonic shakes him off and moves away.
Yonic throws a hook to the side of Woods's head but Woods sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yonic misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Woods to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods slips under a jab.
Woods throws out a counter right but Yonic avoids it with no problem.
Yonic misses with a wild body shot.
Woods is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yonic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Woods.
It seemed like Woods was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yonic misses with a straight left.
Yonic misses with a straight left.
Woods bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Woods clobbers Yonic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Woods misses.
It looked like Yonic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yonic misses the shot to the body.

Woods gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yonic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Woods wants to get back to his feet but Yonic passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yonic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yonic looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Woods is refusing to be controlled, as Yonic sits in half guard.
Woods tries to roll over but Yonic keeps him under control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yonic lands a nice short elbow.
Yonic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Yonic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Yonic working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods tries to get to full guard but Yonic has control of the leg.
Yonic stalling.

Woods looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Woods has hold of Yonic's hands but Yonic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yonic working over Woods with some ground and pound. Woods looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Woods is rocked!

Yonic is working for a submission of some sort.
Woods is still in real trouble! Can Yonic finish him?
Woods wants to improve his position but Yonic is controlling well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boss Yonic.
Well Yonic 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boss Yonic!
Boss Yonic thanked the fans post fight for their support.