PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Seok Yi (ranked 3075 p4p, 2608 weight class) and Michael Bostic (ranked 305 p4p, 266 weight class). Yi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Chris Travis - We Up. Bostic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Move kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Yi
vs
Bostic

175 cm
19
145
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
19
145
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seok Yi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Bostic!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bostic swats away the attempt to clinch by Yi.

Bostic drives through with a takedown into Yi's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Yi looking for a sweep. Not yet Yi, not yet.
Bostic landing with the ground and pound.
Bostic won't allow Yi to sweep him here.
Bostic landing some decent shots from guard.
Yi has Bostic pulled in close to control his posture.
Yi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bostic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yi's back!
Bostic keeps control of the position as Yi tries to break free.
Yi turns into Bostic and is now in his guard.
Bostic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yi controlling from the top position.
Bostic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yi pulls Bostic in close to prevent any damage.
Yi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bostic postures up.
Bostic stopping the sweep attempt from Yi.
Yi controlling the position.
Bostic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yi has his hands on Bostic's head, controlling the position.
Bostic stopping the sweep attempt from Yi.
Bostic wants to pass the guard but Yi is keeping the position.
Bostic throwing strikes but missing.
Bostic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yi's head.
Yi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi keeping moving, preventing Bostic from controlling successfully.
Bostic working some strikes from top position.
Yi trying to keep a closed guard but Bostic is proving a slippery customer.
Yi is pulling down on Bostic's head. It's preventing any offense from Bostic, at least for the moment.
Bostic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yi working a defensive guard here.
Yi wants to sweep but no luck.
Bostic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yi's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bostic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bostic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yi keeping full guard, as Bostic tries to pass.
Bostic being controlled here momentarily.
Bostic chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bostic won't allow Yi to sweep him here.
Yi keeping full guard, as Bostic tries to pass.
Yi has momentary wrist control but Bostic slips an elbow through the middle.
Bostic trying to control but Yi is working from the bottom.
Yi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bostic stands up over Yi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bostic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bostic trying to control the position from guard on top but Yi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yi has momentary wrist control but Bostic slips an elbow through the middle.

Yi is rocked!
Yi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oh Yi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yi seems to have got his legs back now.
Yi looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bostic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yi keeping moving, preventing Bostic from controlling successfully.
Bostic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bostic trying to control the position from guard on top but Yi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bostic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bostic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bostic is working Yi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yi is on top in guard.

Bostic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Bostic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yi is aware though and is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yi wants to control from the top but Bostic keeps moving.
Bostic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yi is one step ahead there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Bostic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Bostic gets the takedown into side control.
Yi struggling a bit here.
Yi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bostic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yi keeps working.
Yi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Yi working a defensive guard but Bostic manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bostic in side control lands a decent elbow.
Yi struggling a bit here.
Yi tries to buck Bostic off but Bostic is having none of it.
Yi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bostic scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Yi is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Bostic can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Bostic!
A very excited looking Michael Bostic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.