PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Yarborough (ranked 533 p4p, 898 weight class) and Bagel Boss (ranked 76 p4p, 128 weight class). Yarborough's entrance music is Derezzed. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Boss's choice of entrance music: 6 Foot 7 Foot. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Yarborough
vs
Boss

185 cm
30
190
20 - 9 - 0

184 cm
35
190
28 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Voodoo Nutrition

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Yarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bagel Boss!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boss waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yarborough.
Boss lands a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Boss. That snapped Yarborough's head back.

It looks like James Yarborough has been cut.
Boss lands a body shot.
Boss scores with a nice head shot.
Yarborough fails in his attempt to clinch.

Yarborough takes the fight into the clinch.
Yarborough lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boss tries to circle away but Yarborough has him pinned against the cage.
Boss misses with a punch on the inside.
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.
Boss misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yarborough misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Yarborough fails to land.
Yarborough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yarborough.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boss breaks from the clinch.
Yarborough uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boss.
Boss looks to throw the jab but Yarborough is out of range.
It looked like Yarborough wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boss lands with an overhand left.

Yarborough has managed to clinch.
Boss tries to circle away but Yarborough has him pinned against the cage.
Boss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boss is trying to force a seperation but Yarborough has the dominant position.
Yarborough lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yarborough tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boss's elbow.
Yarborough misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boss lands a left hand.
Yarborough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Boss breaks the clinch.
Boss throws the left hand but Yarborough avoids the punch easily.
Boss swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yarborough counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yarborough bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bagel Boss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boss throws a head kick that misses.
Yarborough throws a jab but it's blocked by Boss.
Yarborough tries to clinch but Boss moves away
and Boss counters with a nice body shot.
Yarborough is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yarborough tries to close the distance and clinch but Boss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yarborough avoids the head kick by Boss.
Boss getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

James Yarborough's cut is getting worse.
Yarborough is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boss lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yarborough will feel that in the morning.
Boss swings widly with a right hand
and Yarborough counters with a thumping low kick.
A jab lands there for Yarborough.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough ducks under a wild hook from Boss.
Boss circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Boss.
Yarborough throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Boss counter with a right hand.
Yarborough slips under a jab from Boss.
Yarborough scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Boss does it's job there.
Yarborough moves out of range as Boss throws a body kick.
Boss throws a low kick but Yarborough avoids it.
Yarborough is looking to counter with a body kick.

Yarborough moves into the clinch.
Boss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boss has a couple of punches blocked by Yarborough.
Boss blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boss breaks from the clinch.
Boss avoids the head kick by Yarborough.
Yarborough misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boss slips a jab from Yarborough.
Boss misses with a right hand
and Yarborough finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A shot to the body from Boss misses
and Yarborough counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Bagel Boss has been cut.
Yarborough lands a jab.
Boss connects with a jab.
Boss throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Yarborough counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Yarborough. Boss does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yarborough will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bagel Boss dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yarborough doesn't manage to clinch there - Boss circles away.
Yarborough tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yarborough slips a straight right by Boss.
Yarborough keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boss.
Boss misses with an uppercut
and Yarborough counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yarborough. Boss shrugs it off though.
Yarborough lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A low kick from Yarborough misses
and Yarborough takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boss throws a looping overhand right but Yarborough ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yarborough moves into the clinch.
Boss blocks an uppercut.
Boss blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boss misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarborough lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boss backwards.
Yarborough lands with a short shot to the head.
Boss scores with a shoulder strike.
Yarborough blocks a body shot from Boss.
Yarborough misses with a punch on the inside.

Yarborough breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Yarborough.
Yarborough on the wrong end of a nice jab.

James Yarborough's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Boss lands with a nice body punch.
Boss fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yarborough manages to avoid it.
Boss thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boss throws a jab when Yarborough was well out of range.
Yarborough looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yarborough gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boss.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Boss, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Yarborough is looking to clinch.
Boss misses with a hook. Yarborough ducked under it nicely.
Yarborough lands a really nice looking cross but Boss seems unphased.
A slapping body kick lands there for Boss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boss.
Yarborough throws out a powerful jab.
Boss buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boss throws a big shot that misses.
Boss with a hook.
Boss misses with a straight right.
Yarborough appears to be looking for a big counter.
A head kick by Boss misses
and Yarborough counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yarborough tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Boss counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boss lands a nice looking body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Yarborough.
Boss cracks Yarborough with a right hand to the side of the head.

Jeez, James Yarborough's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Boss connects with a right hand. Yarborough shakes it off.
Boss throws a shot from downtown. Yarborough moves away and avoids it.
Boss throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yarborough uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boss.
Yarborough scores with a hook.
Boss avoids the head kick by Yarborough.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yarborough has closed the distance and engaged Boss in a clinch.
Yarborough lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Boss breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yarborough scores with a three punch combo!

That has opened up Bagel Boss's cut even more.
Yarborough swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boss tries to land a body kick

and Yarborough counters with a crisp right hand that drops Boss! Yarborough lets Boss back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Boss is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Yarborough ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Boss clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Yarborough!
A victorious James Yarborough thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.