PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DeShawn Robinson (ranked 1621 p4p, 2798 weight class) and Seok Yi (ranked 179 p4p, 276 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yi's choice of entrance music: Chris Travis - We Up. DeShawn Robinson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Robinson
vs
Yi

174 cm
22
149
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
145
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Warrior's Way

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeShawn Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seok Yi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yi takes one on the button.
Yi ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Yi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Robinson.
Robinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robinson with a nice calf kick.
Yi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson.
A little feinted left hand from Robinson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Robinson misses with a left hand
and Yi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yi.
Robinson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yi lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yi connects with the punch.
Yi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Robinson.
Robinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yi.
Robinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Robinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Yi.
Yi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Robinson.
Robinson is looking to chop away at Yi's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi tries to clinch but Robinson is having none of it.
Robinson slips a straight right by Yi.
Yi misses with an uppercut.
Robinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A cross from Yi lands.
Robinson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yi loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
A jab lands there for Yi.
Robinson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yi at a distance.
Yi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Robinson.
A big right from Yi misses.
Yi moves away from the strike by Robinson.
Yi misses with a straight left.
Yi throws a poor cross that misses
and Robinson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Robinson misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yi works the jab nicely.
Yi misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Robinson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson defending well as Yi loads up on a big left hand.
Robinson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Robinson stuns Yi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yi scores with a punch to the head.
Yi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robinson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robinson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Robinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robinson misses with a straight right.
Yi misses with an uppercut
and Robinson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Robinson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Yi is rocked!
Robinson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yi.
Yi is still on wobbly legs! Can Robinson finish him?
Yi walks straight into a right hand from Robinson - that's dropped him! Robinson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Yi from any more punishment! Yi complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). DeShawn Robinson!