PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lil Jon Yeah (ranked 3559 p4p, 3395 weight class) and Stephen McGarvey (ranked 393 p4p, 373 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yeah
vs
McGarvey

194 cm
21
198
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
20
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lil Jon Yeah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stephen McGarvey!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeah with a poor takedown
and McGarvey counters with an inside leg kick.
Yeah tries for a takedown but McGarvey circles away easily
and McGarvey counters with a slapping leg kick.
McGarvey lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yeah shoots in for a double leg but McGarvey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lil Jon Yeah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yeah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGarvey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGarvey.
McGarvey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Yeah.
McGarvey tries to bench press Yeah off him but Yeah keeps the position.
Yeah is looking to take a break and control but McGarvey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yeah tries to score with some ground and pound. McGarvey controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeah working away.
Yeah throws a strike aimed at the side of McGarvey's head but McGarvey avoids it well.
McGarvey is looking to regain half guard here but Yeah keeps moving and retains side control.
McGarvey takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Yeah has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McGarvey is trying to get back to half guard.
Yeah is looking to take a break and control but McGarvey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McGarvey sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeah slips a nice elbow through McGarvey's hands, connecting with McGarvey's forehead.
McGarvey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McGarvey missing with punches from the bottom.
McGarvey is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Yeah.
Yeah trying to control from half guard but McGarvey is working away.
Yeah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Yeah seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McGarvey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McGarvey tries to roll over but Yeah keeps him under control.
Yeah wants to take a breather but McGarvey is having none of it.
McGarvey wants to control but Yeah is keeping busy.
Yeah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McGarvey is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yeah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
McGarvey missing with punches from the bottom.
Yeah looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Well, if Yeah is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
McGarvey has hold of Yeah's hands but Yeah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey tries to get to full guard but Yeah has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yeah in particular looking to stall.
McGarvey makes his way to full guard. A much better position for McGarvey.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGarvey controls Yeah momentarily but Yeah frees himself.
McGarvey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yeah. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yeah stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGarvey swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGarvey trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lil Jon Yeah dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McGarvey tries a head kick but it misses.

Yeah clinches up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yeah.

It looks like Stephen McGarvey has been cut.
McGarvey blocks an elbow strike from Yeah.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yeah throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yeah just misses with a elbow thrown towards McGarvey's brow.
McGarvey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yeah tries a body shot but McGarvey blocks it.
McGarvey scores with a shot to the side of Yeah's head.
McGarvey avoids the elbow strike from Yeah, against the cage.
Yeah misses with a body punch.
McGarvey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeah pushes off an throws an elbow but McGarvey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McGarvey stalling against the cage.
McGarvey misses with a knee strike.

McGarvey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGarvey throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stephen McGarvey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeah fails with a takedown attempt.
Yeah takes a swing at McGarvey's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that McGarvey has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
McGarvey stuffs the takedown.
McGarvey throws a big counter head kick but Yeah avoids it with no problem.
Yeah shoots in but McGarvey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McGarvey replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yeah blocks it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lil Jon Yeah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGarvey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lil Jon Yeah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeah. McGarvey does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGarvey is trying to counter with his kicks.
Yeah misses with a hook
and McGarvey counters with a head kick.
Yeah misses with a takedown attempt - McGarvey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey connects with a leg kick.
Yeah doesn't manage to clinch there - McGarvey circles away.
Yeah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yeah.
McGarvey counters with a body kick.
McGarvey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yeah doesn't manage to clinch there - McGarvey circles away.
Yeah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McGarvey's waist but McGarvey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yeah off to one side.
McGarvey feints a counter leg kick.
Yeah throws a right hand that McGarvey ducks under and follows up with a left that McGarvey also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeah shoots for a takedown but McGarvey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Yeah drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Yeah tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yeah has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yeah working the ground and pound but McGarvey is defending the strikes.
McGarvey is trying to improve his position.
Yeah scores with a couple of short elbows.
McGarvey tries to improve position but can't.
Yeah lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McGarvey down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McGarvey can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeah working the body and head with strikes.
Yeah creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yeah has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeah trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McGarvey tries to hold on but Yeah pushes him away.
Yeah scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yeah with good strikes from the mount here!

McGarvey is rocked!
Yeah unloads with some vicious shots from mount and McGarvey wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Yeah celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lil Jon Yeah!
In defeat, Stephen McGarvey stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's not fair on me, i have a learning disability an all that, you know..'.