PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Yarborough (ranked 2034 p4p, 3262 weight class) and Evan Broberg (ranked 283 p4p, 436 weight class). Yarborough comes to the cage accompanied by Derezzed. James Yarborough has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yarborough
vs
Broberg

185 cm
21
190
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
190
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Urban Fighter
Shadow Warrior Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Yarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Broberg!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Broberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yarborough throws out the jab.
Yarborough moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yarborough misses with a left hand
and Broberg counters with a right hand to the body.
Broberg tries to clinch but Yarborough moves out of range.
Broberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yarborough.
Yarborough swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Broberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Broberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yarborough. Broberg shrugs it off though.
Yarborough looks to land a right hand but Broberg moved out of range.
Yarborough scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Broberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Yarborough is just out of range.
Broberg swings widly with a right hand

and Yarborough counters with a crisp right hand that drops Broberg! Yarborough lets Broberg back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Broberg is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Broberg avoids a kick to the body.
Broberg is still on wobbly legs! Can Yarborough finish him?
Broberg fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yarborough on the side of the head.
Broberg seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broberg staying out of range there.
Broberg connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yarborough's hands.
Broberg looks to land a right hand but Yarborough moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Broberg. Yarborough does a little dance to reset his feet.
Broberg takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yarborough keeps the fight on the outside.
Yarborough throws a sloppy body shot
and Broberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Broberg misses with a looping left.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Broberg has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Yarborough takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yarborough lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yarborough swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Broberg misses with a takedown attempt
and Yarborough counters with a nice uppercut.
Yarborough cracks Broberg with a left hook right on the temple and Broberg goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Yarborough lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Broberg is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Yarborough!
Our winner, James Yarborough, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.