PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Burduada No Cranio (ranked 1936 p4p, 1514 weight class) and Jin Yi (ranked 268 p4p, 216 weight class). Yi has chosen Wobble as his entrance music. Ricardo Burduada No Cranio had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Burduada No Cranio
vs
Yi

188 cm
35
196
17 - 20 - 0

189 cm
24
192
7 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conquer

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 17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jin Yi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burduada No Cranio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Burduada No Cranio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yi, pushing him back against the cage.
Burduada No Cranio lands a right hand.
Yi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burduada No Cranio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burduada No Cranio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Burduada No Cranio avoiding damage.
A shot in the inside from Yi.
Yi tries to throw a body punch but Burduada No Cranio avoids it by throwing Yi back against the cage.
Burduada No Cranio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burduada No Cranio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burduada No Cranio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yi blocks it with crossed arms.
Yi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burduada No Cranio prevents a body shot from Yi.
Yi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yi managing to block the knees to the body from Burduada No Cranio.
Yi tries a body shot but Burduada No Cranio blocks it.
Yi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burduada No Cranio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Yi misses
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a left and a right that stings Yi.
Yi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yi avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Yi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burduada No Cranio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Burduada No Cranio has closed the distance and engaged Yi in a clinch.

Burduada No Cranio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burduada No Cranio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yi eats them both and turns towards Burduada No Cranio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A slow jab from Burduada No Cranio misses its intended target.
Ricardo Burduada No Cranio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burduada No Cranio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burduada No Cranio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio moves out of range of the strikes.
Yi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burduada No Cranio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yi backs up against the cage.
No joy there for Burduada No Cranio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up but Yi circles away and keeps his distance.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yi throws an overhand right that lands on Burduada No Cranio's shoulder, as Burduada No Cranio tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Yi misses.
Burduada No Cranio throws a series of punches but Yi avoids them all with ease.

Burduada No Cranio rushes Yi and presses him up against the cage.
Yi misses with a body punch.
Burduada No Cranio lands a hook that snaps the head of Yi backwards.

Burduada No Cranio manages to break the clinch.
Burduada No Cranio misses with the combination.
Burduada No Cranio throws a series of punches but Yi avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Burduada No Cranio. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Burduada No Cranio does no damage.
Yi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burduada No Cranio checks a low kick from Yi.

Burduada No Cranio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Burduada No Cranio is looking to control Yi's arms but Yi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Burduada No Cranio has his back to the cage.
Burduada No Cranio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yi.
Burduada No Cranio lands a hook that snaps the head of Yi backwards.
A short right from Yi on the inside.
Burduada No Cranio tries to land a knee to the head but Yi blocks with his arms.
Yi blocking some punches.
Yi tries a body shot but Burduada No Cranio blocks it.
Yi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yi working aggressively here.
Burduada No Cranio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burduada No Cranio lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burduada No Cranio misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
Burduada No Cranio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Burduada No Cranio to keep the fight standing.
Yi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yi avoiding damage as Burduada No Cranio throws knees to the body.
Yi takes an elbow to the temple.
Burduada No Cranio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yi's elbow.
Burduada No Cranio lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio tries to pull guard but Yi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yi lands a shoulder strike.
Burduada No Cranio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yi blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Burduada No Cranio.
A shot in the inside from Yi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burduada No Cranio is trying to pull guard but Yi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Burduada No Cranio lands an uppercut.
Yi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yi lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Yi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Burduada No Cranio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio moves to clinch but Yi breaks away
and Yi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ricardo Burduada No Cranio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burduada No Cranio missing with a left hand there. Yi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yi avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up but Yi circles away and keeps his distance.
Yi misses with an uppercut. Burduada No Cranio saw that one coming.
Burduada No Cranio is looking for a counter combo.
Burduada No Cranio takes a swing at Yi's ribcage but misses.

Burduada No Cranio has managed to clinch.
Burduada No Cranio has a couple of punches blocked by Yi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burduada No Cranio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yi can't get the takedown.

Yi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burduada No Cranio throws a low kick but Yi moves out of range easily.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that misses.
Yi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Burduada No Cranio is fending him off so far but Yi persists. Nope, Burduada No Cranio circles away and we're back to standing.
Burduada No Cranio misses with the combination.
Yi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Burduada No Cranio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up
enabling Yi to counter with a crisp jab.
Burduada No Cranio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burduada No Cranio wants to clinch up but Yi keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up but Yi circles away and keeps his distance.
Yi feints a counter leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Burduada No Cranio lands a jab to the head.
Nice jab there from Yi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yi throws a shot from downtown. Burduada No Cranio moves away and avoids it.
Yi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burduada No Cranio needs to keep his hands up - Yi had a free shot at his head there.

Burduada No Cranio is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Yi! Burduada No Cranio is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jin Yi!
Jin Yi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.