PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Boris Yeltsin Jr (ranked 314 p4p, 338 weight class) and Johnny Albatross (ranked 19 p4p, 21 weight class). Yeltsin Jr comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Johnny Albatross has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yeltsin Jr
vs
Albatross

174 cm
24
146
8 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
140
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Heavy Metal Drugs
Warrior Fight Store

SynCity Fightwear
The Dirty Needle Project

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Yeltsin Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Albatross!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Albatross misses the target.
Johnny Albatross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albatross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Albatross rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeltsin Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Metal in the buildup to the fight.
Albatross misses with a straight left.
Albatross throws a jab but it's blocked by Yeltsin Jr.
Albatross is looking to clinch but Yeltsin Jr is avoiding it.
Yeltsin Jr throwing a counter right hand but Albatross manages to avoid it.

Yeltsin Jr has closed the distance and engaged Albatross in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
Yeltsin Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Albatross working aggressively here.
Albatross tries to throw a body punch but Yeltsin Jr avoids it by throwing Albatross back against the cage.

Yeltsin Jr breaks from the clinch.
Yeltsin Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Albatross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeltsin Jr is looking to clinch.
Albatross circles away from the clinch attempt.
Albatross throws a nice looking combination but Yeltsin Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Yeltsin Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Albatross misses with a straight left.
Yeltsin Jr clobbers Albatross with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yeltsin Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Albatross getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Albatross is looking to clinch.
Albatross throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yeltsin Jr is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albatross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yeltsin Jr.
A slow jab from Yeltsin Jr misses its intended target.
Albatross tries to clinch but Yeltsin Jr moves away
and Yeltsin Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Yeltsin Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Albatross.
Yeltsin Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Albatross lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Albatross softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Albatross lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yeltsin Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Albatross tries to work over Yeltsin Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Yeltsin Jr on the inside.
Albatross blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yeltsin Jr takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Albatross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeltsin Jr tries to pull guard but Albatross won't allow it.
Albatross takes a shot to the head.
Albatross lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yeltsin Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Albatross's elbow.
Albatross throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yeltsin Jrs head.
Albatross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Albatross lands a right hand.

Yeltsin Jr is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Yeltsin Jr.
Oh Yeltsin Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Albatross scores with a nice short uppercut.
Albatross working aggressively here.
A short right from Albatross.
Albatross lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Albatross working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Albatross lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yeltsin Jr backwards.
Yeltsin Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Albatross scores a nice knee to the body.
Albatross scores with a shoulder strike.
Albatross has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yeltsin Jr seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Albatross can turn it around.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Albatross tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yeltsin Jr avoids it.
Yeltsin Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yeltsin Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Albatross presses Yeltsin Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yeltsin Jr jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Albatross walks away with a smile on his face. Yeltsin Jr gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yeltsin Jr throws a combination that misses
and Albatross counters with an outside leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albatross cracks Yeltsin Jr with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Yeltsin Jr falls to his knees and Albatross doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Albatross!
Johnny Albatross is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Johnny Albatross thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.