PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gavril Yeremia (ranked 4713 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quick Fighter (ranked 4747 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yeremia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Litaniae Sanctorum. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yeremia
vs
Fighter

160 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gavril Yeremia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Quick Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gavril Yeremia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yeremia closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Quick Fighter has been cut.
Fighter looks for a takedown but Yeremia sprawls well.
Fighter has his takedown stuffed
and Yeremia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yeremia misses with a wild combination.
Yeremia looks to score with a jab to the body but Fighter is just out of range.
Yeremia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fighter fails with a takedown attempt.
Gavril Yeremia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quick Fighter.
Yeremia lands with a nice combination. Fighter backs away looking to recover.
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!

Yeremia forces Fighter back against the cage and clinches.
Fighter jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yeremia walks away with a smile on his face. Fighter gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yeremia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fighter on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeremia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fighter.
Fighter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yeremia defends it nicely.
Fighter with a lazy takedown attempt

and Yeremia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Yeremia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yeremia just misses with a punch to the body.
Fighter is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Yeremia throws a series of punches but Fighter avoids them all with ease.
Fighter drops his hands momentarily and Yeremia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Fighter gets tackled into the cage by Yeremia. Yeremia maintains the clinch.

Yeremia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yeremia takes a swing at Fighter's ribcage but misses.

Yeremia has Fighter up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeremia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fighter prevents Yeremia from breaking the clinch.
Yeremia prevents Fighter from breaking the clinch.

Yeremia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fighter darts in looking for a takedown but Yeremia gets double underhooks and turns Fighter into the cage.
Fighter fails with a takedown attempt.
Yeremia lands a jab to Fighter's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeremia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gavril Yeremia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fighter shoots and misses
and Yeremia counters with a nice uppercut.
Yeremia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fighter dives in for a single leg takedown but Yeremia sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Yeremia leaves Fighter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Yeremia instigates a clinch.

Yeremia manages to break the clinch.
Yeremia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fighter slips a jab and a cross from Yeremia.
Fighter fails with the takedown
and Yeremia counters with a nice uppercut.
Yeremia is looking to wear down Fighter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Yeremia moves into range and clinches up with Fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yeremia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fighter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yeremia but Yeremia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Yeremia takes a swing at Fighter's ribcage but misses.
Fighter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yeremia as he avoids it easily.
Yeremia lands a body shot.
Yeremia lands a jab-cross combination.

Yeremia closes the distance and pushes Fighter back into the cage.
Yeremia lands a shot to the body.

Yeremia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Fighter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Yeremia is defending against the submission attempts here by Fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gavril Yeremia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quick Fighter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Yeremia. Those never looked like landing.

Fighter fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yeremia to the ground. Fighter is now in Yeremia's guard.
Fighter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yeremia controls Fighter momentarily but Fighter frees himself.
Fighter slips nicely into half guard.
Fighter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yeremia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yeremia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fighter on the ground.

Yeremia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Fighter has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Yeremia defend it? Fighter steps over the head and cranks it - Yeremia is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Quick Fighter!