PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otis Yates (ranked 6026 p4p, 4584 weight class) and Philip Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yates has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Yates
vs
Driver

192 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
211
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otis Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Philip Driver!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yates moves into the clinch successfully.
Yates tries to work over Driver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Driver prevents a body shot from Yates.
Yates lands a left hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Yates keeps control of Driver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yates scores with a hook to the body.
Driver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Driver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Driver misses with a punch to the body.
Driver is trying to break the clinch but Yates has him pressed against the cage.

Driver breaks from the clinch.
Driver connects with a body shot.

Driver gets tackled into the cage by Yates. Yates maintains the clinch.
Yates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Driver blocks an uppercut.
Driver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yates misses with a punch on the inside.
Driver has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.
Yates definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Driver breaks from the clinch.
Driver keeps the fight on the outside.
Yates uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Driver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yates has time to react.
Driver just misses with a punch to the body.

Yates has Driver up against the cage in a clinch.
Yates lands with a short shot to the head.
Driver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yates lands a left hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Driver swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver tries to circle away but Yates has him pinned against the cage.
Yates lands a right hand.
Yates misses with a punch to the body.
Yates tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yates blocks an uppercut.
Yates misses with the head strike.
Driver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Driver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Driver looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Driver fails to land.
Yates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yates swings wildly with an uppercut but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yates lands with a right to the head.
Driver is trying to push Yates away but Yates has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Driver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Driver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Driver lands a right hand.
Driver tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Driver.
Driver blocks an uppercut.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Driver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Driver tries to circle away but Yates has him pinned against the cage.
Driver has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
A short uppercut from Yates.
Yates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yates tries to work over Driver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Driver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Driver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Driver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yates moves in looking to clinch but Driver pushes him off.
Driver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yates.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Driver scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yates in his tracks.

Yates clinches with his opponent.
Yates lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Yates misses with a punch on the inside.
Yates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Driver's elbow.
Driver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yates is breathing heavily.
Yates blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yates tries to work over Driver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Driver misses with a punch on the inside.
Driver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Driver misses with a punch to the body.
Yates misses with a punch to the body.
Driver gets through Yates's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
Driver misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Driver.
Yates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Driver's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Driver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Driver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Driver lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Otis Yates's cut is getting worse.

Driver gets tackled into the cage by Yates. Yates maintains the clinch.
Driver works on Yates's body with a couple of short punches.
Yates misses with the head strike.
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
A frustrated look appears on Driver's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Driver trying to control the position but instead, Yates has worked for underhooks and has pushed Driver into the cage.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yates blocks an uppercut.
Yates prevents a body shot from Driver.
Yates throws a punch but it's blocked by Driver.
Driver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Driver lands with a short shot to the head.
Driver scores with a hook to the body.
Yates tries a body shot but Driver blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Philip Driver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Otis Yates's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Driver cracks Yates with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yates takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Driver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yates.
Yates blocks a jab.
Driver throws a shot to the body.
Yates tries to clinch but Driver moves out of range.
Driver throws out a counter right but Yates avoids it with no problem.
Driver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yates takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yates takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Driver lands a head shot.

Yates is rocked!
Otis Yates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Driver closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Yates out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Philip Driver!
A relieved looking Philip Driver thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.