PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Temirbek Yuldashev (ranked 2244 p4p, 2374 weight class) and Hafir Dharris (ranked 358 p4p, 384 weight class). Yuldashev's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Seven Nation Army - Dance Mix. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Yuldashev
vs
Dharris

187 cm
28
206
12 - 9 - 0

190 cm
30
205
15 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Temirbek Yuldashev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hafir Dharris !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Yuldashev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yuldashev.
Dharris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yuldashev throws a body shot but no joy.
Yuldashev misses with a few strikes there.
Dharris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dharris looks to land a left hand but Yuldashev moved out of range nicely.
Dharris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yuldashev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yuldashev.
Dharris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yuldashev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yuldashev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dharris . That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yuldashev lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuldashev tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Dharris tries to counter it with a takedown but Yuldashev pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Decent striking displayed by Dharris there.
Dharris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dharris throws a shot from downtown. Yuldashev moves away and avoids it.
Dharris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dharris wants to counter with a clinch but Yuldashev pushes him away.
Dharris throws a body punch but Yuldashev moves out of range.
Dharris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yuldashev moves away.
Dharris comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yuldashev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev scores with a leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dharris has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Yuldashev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dharris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuldashev misses with a low kick.
Dharris misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dharris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dharris misses with a body shot.
Yuldashev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dharris on the side of the head.
Yuldashev does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev slips a jab from Dharris .
Yuldashev throws a series of punches but Dharris moves out of range.
Dharris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yuldashev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dharris .
It looked like Yuldashev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good work by Dharris as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dharris . Yuldashev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dharris misses the body punch
and Yuldashev counters with a nice uppercut.
Yuldashev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dharris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And Dharris tries to counter it with a takedown but Yuldashev pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dharris looks to score with a jab to the body but Yuldashev is just out of range.
Dharris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yuldashev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yuldashev lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Temirbek Yuldashev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuldashev throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yuldashev throws a looping overhand right but Dharris ducks down to avoid it.
Yuldashev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yuldashev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yuldashev lands a nice looking body shot.
Dharris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yuldashev's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Temirbek Yuldashev dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A nice inside leg kick there by Yuldashev. That's going to slow Dharris down.
Yuldashev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dharris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yuldashev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yuldashev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dharris .
Dharris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dharris throws out a loose jab but Yuldashev uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuldashev tests Dharris 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left and a right from Yuldashev both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuldashev throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick misses from Yuldashev.
Yuldashev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dharris with the counter takedown but Yuldashev avoids it easily.
Dharris throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yuldashev counters with a leg kick.
Dharris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuldashev.
Yuldashev is looking for a counter combo.
Yuldashev scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Yuldashev.
Yuldashev fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dharris just manages to avoid it.
Yuldashev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dharris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yuldashev scrambles back to his feet.
Dharris scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris misses with a body shot.
Yuldashev tried to counter with a leg kick but Dharris avoided it.
Yuldashev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dharris can do to turn this around?
Dharris tries to move into range but Yuldashev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dharris takes one to the chin there.
Dharris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yuldashev rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Yuldashev misses.
A low kick from Yuldashev misses

and Dharris counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yuldashev won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dharris tries to move into full mount but can't pass Yuldashev's legs.
Dharris trying to control the action but Yuldashev is working from the bottom.
Yuldashev sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yuldashev is looking to control Dharris 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yuldashev avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris is pressing down on Yuldashev's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yuldashev is holding on for now.
Dharris is looking to take a break and control but Yuldashev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yuldashev trying to control here.
Yuldashev is doing well to control the position and prevent Dharris from advancing to side control.
Dharris is looking to advance position but Yuldashev won't allow it.
Yuldashev keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Dharris trying to control the action but Yuldashev is working from the bottom.
Dharris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dharris is thwarting Yuldashev's attempts to control the position.
Yuldashev blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dharris .
Yuldashev tries to get to full guard but Dharris has control of the leg.
Yuldashev is looking to control Dharris 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yuldashev avoid being mounted?
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dharris tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yuldashev knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yuldashev holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dharris swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yuldashev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dharris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dharris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Temirbek Yuldashev will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A big right from Dharris misses.
Yuldashev throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dharris 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dharris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yuldashev's head backwards.
Both fighters circling a little - Yuldashev finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yuldashev fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dharris on the side of the head.
Hafir Dharris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dharris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dharris misses with a body shot
and Yuldashev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yuldashev lands a jab to Dharris 's midsection.
Yuldashev looks to land a left hand but Dharris moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dharris misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yuldashev.
Yuldashev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dharris s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dharris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuldashev.
Yuldashev with the inside leg kick.
Yuldashev connects with an inside leg kick.
Dharris throws a shot from downtown. Yuldashev moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Yuldashev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yuldashev swings for the body but Dharris moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Yuldashev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris drops his hands momentarily and Yuldashev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yuldashev sizes up Dharris with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yuldashev tries to score with a low kick but Dharris moves his leg out of the way.
Yuldashev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yuldashev lands a head kick!
Yuldashev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dharris checks a leg kick nicely.
Dharris with the counter takedown but Yuldashev avoids it easily.
Yuldashev moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris defending well as Yuldashev loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Dharris blocks the low kick.
Yuldashev with the inside leg kick.
Temirbek Yuldashev is winning the standup battle so far.
Dharris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dharris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dharris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Yuldashev there.
An inside leg kick lands from Yuldashev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dharris throws a lazy uppercut
and Yuldashev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yuldashev with a nice cross.

Dharris is rocked!
and Yuldashev counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Dharris ! He's just covering up as Yuldashev starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Temirbek Yuldashev!
A very excited looking Temirbek Yuldashev 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.