PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 24392 p4p, 5504 weight class) and Danga Damage (ranked 585 p4p, 516 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boyka
vs
Damage

177 cm
22
205
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
205
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuri Boyka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danga Damage!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Damage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Damage tries for a takedown but Boyka circles away easily
and Boyka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Damage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boyka, pushing him back against the cage.
Boyka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boyka struggles to land a body shot inside as Damage controls his hands.
Damage blocks the elbow strike.
Boyka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boyka looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boyka throws a head punch that misses.
Boyka tries to land knees in the clinch but Damage avoids the damage to the body.

Damage is trying to trip Boyka. He has hold of a leg but Boyka is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Damage persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damage trying to control the position from guard on top but Boyka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boyka is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boyka has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Damage has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Damage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Damage looks winded!
Boyka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Damage tries for a takedown but Boyka manages to get underhooks.
Yuri Boyka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danga Damage.
Boyka lands a hook that snaps the head of Damage backwards.
Boyka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boyka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boyka landing knees to the body.
Boyka scores with a shoulder strike.
Boyka could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Boyka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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!
A shot in the inside from Boyka.
Boyka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boyka scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka lands with a short shot to the head.
Boyka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damage blocks an uppercut.
Boyka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Damage takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Danga Damage has been cut.
Boyka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Damage blocks an elbow strike.
Boyka working aggressively here.
Boyka scores with a shot to the side of Damage's head.
Damage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Boyka.
Boyka lands a right hand.
Damage drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Boyka gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Damage blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyka tries to land knees in the clinch but Damage avoids the damage to the body.
Boyka lands an elbow inside.
Damage managing to block the knees to the body from Boyka.
Boyka works on Damage's body with a couple of short punches.
Boyka lands with a left to the head.
Boyka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Damage has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Boyka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boyka misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Boyka fails to land.
Boyka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice left hand lands by Boyka.
Boyka throws a punch but it's blocked by Damage.
Boyka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boyka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damage avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damage takes an elbow to the temple.
Boyka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damage backwards.
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!
Boyka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damage is defending well for now.
Damage is looking to take this one to the mat.

Damage manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Damage is working an open guard so Boyka takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Boyka lands with a nice combination. Damage backs away looking to recover.
Danga Damage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damage shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boyka sprawls well. Boyka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Damage gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damage doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Boyka counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yuri Boyka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damage fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Boyka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Damage changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Boyka tries to avoid it but Damage manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Boyka to the ground. Boyka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Boyka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danga Damage's cut.
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.

Boyka scores with a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Damage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Damage tries for a takedown but Boyka circles away easily
and Boyka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Boyka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Damage is rocked!
Damage drops his hands for a split second and Boyka immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Damage face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Boyka follows up with a right hand that knocks Damage into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yuri Boyka!