PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikita Yashin (ranked 2070 p4p, 1983 weight class) and Liam Reem (ranked 40 p4p, 35 weight class). Reem has chosen Daft Punk - Robot Rock as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yashin
vs
Reem

191 cm
25
230
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
220
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Vegan Gains
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nikita Yashin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Reem!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Chris Dean and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reem slips a straight right by Yashin.
Reem thuds his shin into the meat of Yashin's side.
Yashin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yashin throws a body punch but Reem moves out of range.

Yashin clinches.
Nice body punch from Yashin.
Reem looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A knee to the head by Reem.

It looks like Nikita Yashin has been cut.
Reem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reem lands a knee to the body.
Reem is trying to stall.
Reem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yashin avoiding damage as Reem throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reem trying to land knees to the body.
Reem avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Reem.
Yashin scores with a shot to the side of Reem's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yashin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reem missing with knees to the body.
Yashin struggles to land a body shot inside as Reem controls his hands.
Reem crunches a lovely knee into Yashin's ribcage.
Reem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yashin misses with a punch to the body.
Reem lands a good knee to the midsection. Yashin won't want to take too many of those.
Reem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reem landing knees to the head.
Reem scores a nice knee to the body.
Yashin scores with a shoulder strike.
Yashin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yashin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yashin is breathing heavily.
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!
Reem connects with a knee to the head.
Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reem.
Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Reem.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reem obliges.
Reem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yashin's face.
Reem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reem.
Reem scores a nice knee to the body.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reem connects with a knee to the head.
Yashin misses with a punch to the body.
Yashin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yashin avoids a wild elbow strike from Reem.
Yashin tries to work over Reem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yashin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yashin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem lands a good knee to the midsection. Yashin won't want to take too many of those.
Reem lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yashin.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yashin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reem landing knees to the head.
Yashin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reem controlling the action here for a moment.
Reem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yashin blocks it with crossed arms.
Reem stalling the fight.
Knees to the body from Reem.
Reem scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reem lands a nice knee to the body.
Reem looking to throw knees to the head but Yashin is blocking nicely.
Reem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yashin avoids it.
Reem landing knees to the head.
Reem blocking some punches.
Yashin takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yashin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reem or not.
Reem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reem working Yashin over with knees to the body.
Yashin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Yashin.
Reem connects with a knee to the head.
Reem looking to throw knees to the head but Yashin is blocking nicely.
Reem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yashin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yashin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yashin's face.
Yashin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Yashin breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reem connects with a solid leg kick.
Yashin misses with a wild body shot.
Reem feints a counter leg kick.
Reem doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Reem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikita Yashin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yashin scores with a jab to the head.
Reem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yashin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reem. Reem obviously looking to wear him down.
Yashin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reem moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yashin.
Reem throws a leg kick which misses Yashin's front leg but catches the back leg as Yashin tries to avoid it.
Reem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reem uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yashin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yashin.
Yashin is looking to wear down Reem with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reem goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Yashin moves into the clinch.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reem landing knees to the head.
Reem trying to land knees to the body.
Yashin swings wildly with an uppercut but Reem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reem scores a nice knee to the body.
Yashin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Yashin.
Yashin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Reem.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reem.
A knee to the head by Reem.
Reem is breathing heavily.
Yashin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reem blocks a body shot from Yashin.
Reem misses with a knee strike.
Reem misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reem tries to land knees in the clinch but Yashin avoids the damage to the body.
Reem is looking to control Yashin's arms but Yashin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reem has his back to the cage.
Yashin misses with the head strike.
Yashin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Reem connects with a knee to the head.
Yashin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reem lands a knee to the head.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yashin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reem landing knees to the body.
Reem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yashin is defending well for now.
Reem blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Yashin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reem lands a good knee to the midsection. Yashin won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Yashin on the inside.
Yashin lands with a light punch inside.
Yashin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reem pushes off an throws an elbow but Yashin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem trying to control the position but instead, Yashin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reem into the cage.
Reem scores with a knee to the head.
Reem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yashin blocks it with crossed arms.
Yashin scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Yashin.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yashin.
Reem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yashin lands a hook that snaps the head of Reem backwards.
Yashin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yashin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yashin managing to block the knees to the body from Reem.
Yashin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reem backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Yashin.
Yashin presses Reem against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yashin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reem prevents a body shot from Yashin.
Reem's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yashin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yashin lands a left hand.
Liam Reem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yashin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Yashin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yashin lands with a light punch inside.
Reem lands a knee to the head.
Reem tries to land a knee to the head but Yashin blocks with his arms.
Yashin is leaning against Reem and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yashin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Yashin.
Reem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yashin avoids it.
Yashin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yashin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yashin tries to break the clinch but Reem is controlling the position.
Yashin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Reem trying to land knees to the body.
Yashin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Liam Reem will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nikita Yashin's cut.
That's time! Yashin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Yashin with a hook.
Reem moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Liam Reem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yashin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick lands for Reem.
Yashin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reem throws a chopping leg kick but Yashin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yashin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Reem misses with a leg kick.

Yashin moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reem connects with a knee to the head.
Reem tries a knee to the head but Yashin blocks it.
Reem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yashin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yashin struggles to land a body shot inside as Reem controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yashin misses with a body punch.
Yashin managing to block the knees to the body from Reem.
Reem tries to land a knee to the head but Yashin blocks with his arms.
Yashin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reem.
Yashin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Reem landing knees to the body.
Reem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yashin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yashin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yashin lands with a right to the head.
Yashin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yashin scores with a shot to the side of Reem's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yashin as Reem tries to tie him up.
Reem trying to land knees to the body.
Reem tries a knee to the head but Yashin blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yashin misses with the head strike.
Reem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yashin blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Yashin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Yashin.
Yashin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reem backwards.
Yashin presses Reem against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reem trying to control the position but instead, Yashin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reem into the cage.
Yashin scores with a hook to the body.
Yashin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reem missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Yashin fails to land.
Yashin misses with a punch on the inside.
Reem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yashin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reem backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yashin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reem.
Yashin misses with the head strike.
Yashin lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Yashin.
A right hand to the body from Yashin.
Yashin can't find room to land a body shot as Reem controls the action.
A short right from Yashin on the inside.
Yashin tries to throw a body punch but Reem avoids it by throwing Yashin back against the cage.
Reem's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Yashin.
Yashin lands with a left to the head.
Yashin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reem or not.
Yashin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Yashin is working Reem over against the cage.
Yashin gets through Reem's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yashin cracks Reem with a nice body shot.
Yashin swings wildly with an uppercut but Reem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yashin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reem backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yashin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Yashin on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yashin.
Yashin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yashin misses with a punch to the body.
Yashin has a couple of punches blocked by Reem.
Yashin lands a hook that snaps the head of Reem backwards.
Reem working Yashin over with knees to the body.
Reem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yashin is defending well for now.
Yashin misses with a body punch.
Nikita Yashin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yashin scores with a shot to the side of Reem's head.
Good body shot from Yashin.
Yashin lands with a left to the head.
Yashin pushes Reem back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yashin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yashin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yashin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yashin lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nikita Yashin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reem has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Reem!
A very excited looking Liam Reem 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.