PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Yarborough (ranked 313 p4p, 438 weight class) and Darwin Zambrano (ranked 41 p4p, 62 weight class). Yarborough comes to the cage accompanied by Derezzed. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Yarborough
vs
Zambrano

185 cm
29
190
20 - 8 - 0

185 cm
30
185
15 - 12 - 0

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World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Yarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darwin Zambrano!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zambrano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yarborough sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zambrano tries a head kick but it misses.

Yarborough rushes Zambrano and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zambrano pushes Yarborough back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yarborough's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yarborough swings wildly with an uppercut but Zambrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Yarborough on the inside.
Yarborough swings wildly with an uppercut but Zambrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zambrano lands a right hand.
Zambrano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yarborough prevents a body shot from Zambrano.
Zambrano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zambrano lands a left hand.
Zambrano lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zambrano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yarborough swings wildly with an uppercut but Zambrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Zambrano.
Zambrano misses with the head strike.

Zambrano tightens his grip and picks Yarborough up, before dumping him to the ground. Yarborough manages to land in guard.
Yarborough lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarborough throws an elbow that misses. Zambrano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yarborough's guard. Nice move by Zambrano!

Yarborough has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Zambrano lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Zambrano drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zambrano jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yarborough will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Zambrano drops back looking for a leg! Yarborough is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yarborough manages to kick Zambrano off! Zambrano jumps back into Yarborough's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yarborough keeping full guard, as Zambrano tries to pass.
Zambrano trying to control but Yarborough is working from the bottom.
Yarborough doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Zambrano is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Zambrano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yarborough works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zambrano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yarborough striking off his back but it's not causing Zambrano any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zambrano manages to get himself to full guard.

Zambrano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yarborough.
Yarborough working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Yarborough is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Zambrano has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Yarborough is looking to defend but Zambrano has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Yarborough! Zambrano pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Yarborough taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Darwin Zambrano!
After winning the bout, Darwin Zambrano thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.