PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Repa Kiki (ranked 1180 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Yonic (ranked 1315 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kiki
vs
Yonic

200 cm
25
189 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Repa Kiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcus Yonic!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kiki scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Marcus Yonic has been cut.
Kiki cracks Yonic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Yonic fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kiki sprawls well initially but Yonic persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Yonic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yonic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yonic working over Kiki with some ground and pound. Kiki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kiki tries to roll over but Yonic keeps him under control.
Kiki is controlling Yonic's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiki trying to control but Yonic postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yonic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yonic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kiki trying to control here.
Kiki is controlling Yonic's trapped leg to prevent Yonic from advancing to side control.
Kiki wants to get back to his feet.
Kiki has hold of Yonic's hands but Yonic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yonic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kiki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yonic connects with a nice short shot to Kiki's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiki wants to get back to full guard.
Yonic has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yonic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Kiki is rocked!
Yonic softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Kiki is out cold! Yonic jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Yonic!
An out of breath Marcus Yonic thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.