PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Osteen (ranked 3812 p4p, 5209 weight class) and Costa Yannou (ranked 190 p4p, 218 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Costa Yannou enters the cage!

Osteen
vs
Yannou

190 cm
25
300
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
275
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Osteen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Costa Yannou!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osteen misses with a combination

and Yannou decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Osteen's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Yannou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Yannou drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Yannou seems to have locked his on tight now - Osteen screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Yannou, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Costa Yannou!
An out of breath Costa Yannou thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.