PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Bambam Yagan (ranked 4228 p4p, 25245 weight class) and Jacob Song (ranked 293 p4p, 377 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Yagan
vs
Song

176 cm
18
156
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
135
7 - 27 - 0

Great elbows
Good chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bambam Yagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacob Song!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Song misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yagan throws a hook but Song avoids it easily.
Song lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yagan at a distance.
Song scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Yagan gets a clinch.
Song wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yagan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Song is trying to push Yagan away but Yagan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Yagan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yagan pushes Song back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yagan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Song wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Song wants to break free but Yagan has control.
Yagan throws an elbow but it misses.
Song managing to block the knees to the body from Yagan.
Yagan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yagan missing with knees to the body.
Song is trying to break the clinch but Yagan is controlling him.
Song avoids a wild elbow strike from Yagan.
Song blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Song avoids a wild elbow strike from Yagan.
Song is trying to break free.
Song is trying to break the clinch but Yagan has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Song avoiding damage as Yagan throws knees to the body.
Song wants to break free but Yagan has control.

Song manages to break the clinch.
Song is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Song stuns Yagan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Song jabs Yagan to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Yagan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Song, pushing him back against the ropes.

Song breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Song scores with a decent looking hook.
Song walks into a stiff left hand from Yagan.
Song ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yagan is breathing heavily.
Song grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Yagan takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Song cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jacob Song!