PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daud Yordan (ranked 356 p4p, 327 weight class) and Alan Arnolds (ranked 40 p4p, 37 weight class). Arnolds has chosen Free and Easy - The Almighty as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yordan
vs
Arnolds

169 cm
27
136
16 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
150
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Champion Apparel
30th Century Beer Store

Furnace Performance 🔥
Silverguard Outfitters 🛡

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 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daud Yordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Arnolds!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yordan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yordan throws a lazy uppercut
letting Arnolds counter with a right hand.
Arnolds sizes up Yordan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Arnolds wants to land a leg kick but Yordan is out of range.
It looked like Yordan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yordan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yordan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arnolds tries to clinch but Yordan is having none of it.
Yordan clobbers Arnolds with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yordan.
Yordan throws out a loose jab but Arnolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yordan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arnolds blocks a jab.
Yordan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arnolds let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Arnolds throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Daud Yordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yordan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Arnolds has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Arnolds lands a big right hand that sends Yordan crashing to the mat! Arnolds stays standing though and waves Yordan back to his feet!

Yordan is rocked!
Arnolds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yordan throws out the jab.
Oh Yordan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yordan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Arnolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yordan.
Arnolds fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Yordan misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yordan blocks a low kick nicely.
Arnolds has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Arnolds shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Yordan trying to strike off his back.
Arnolds seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Yordan seems to have got his legs back now.
Yordan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Arnolds stops Yordan from standing up.
Arnolds throws a big elbow that misses.
Arnolds wants to control from the top but Yordan keeps moving.
Arnolds stands up over Yordan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yordan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arnolds's guard.

Arnolds has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arnolds is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yordan throws a strike but Arnolds rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Yordan has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Arnolds has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yordan misses with a punch on the inside.
Yordan lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Yordan.
Yordan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yordan.
Yordan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yordan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yordan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arnolds blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnolds's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Yordan.
Yordan gets through Arnolds's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yordan stalling against the cage.
Arnolds throws a punch but it's blocked by Yordan.
Arnolds tries to score a body lock takedown but Yordan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yordan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Arnolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yordan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yordan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Yordan manages to break the clinch.
Yordan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arnolds counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Arnolds misses with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yordan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Arnolds.
Daud Yordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Arnolds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnolds takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yordan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arnolds in his tracks.
Arnolds tries to clinch but Yordan moves out of range.
Yordan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Arnolds throws a solid leg kick but Yordan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Arnolds.
Arnolds closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Arnolds looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Yordan!
Yordan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Arnolds lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yordan keeps Arnolds under control for a moment.
Yordan regains half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daud Yordan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Arnolds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A good leg kick by Yordan.
Arnolds throws a low kick but Yordan avoids it.
Arnolds walks into a jab.
Arnolds wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yordan. Arnolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arnolds tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yordan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arnolds.
Arnolds appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Yordan misses the jab.
A nice side step and Arnolds releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yordan misses with a looping right.
Arnolds scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arnolds missing with a left hand there. Yordan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yordan throws a front kick that sends Arnolds stumbling back into the cage.

Arnolds gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arnolds wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yordan keeps working.
Yordan dodges the ground and pound from Arnolds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yordan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Arnolds off and has taken his back!
Yordan biding his time, controlling Arnolds.
Arnolds is keeping busy.
Yordan throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Yordan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arnolds can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnolds tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Yordan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yordan looking to land elbow strikes but Arnolds uses the position to regain half guard.
Arnolds moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Arnolds is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Yordan stands up from Arnolds's guard - Yordan perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yordan swats away the attempt to clinch by Arnolds.
Yordan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yordan looks to throw the jab but Arnolds is out of range.

Arnolds closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Yordan.
Yordan tries to work over Arnolds's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arnolds misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arnolds throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Arnolds fails to land.
Arnolds blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Yordan.
Yordan is trying to break free.
Yordan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yordan blocks an uppercut.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Yordan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Arnolds scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnolds keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yordan's efforts to push away.
Yordan has a couple of punches blocked by Arnolds.
Yordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arnolds.
Yordan trying to control the position but instead, Arnolds has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yordan into the cage.

Yordan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arnolds tries to close the distance and clinch but Yordan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arnolds throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yordan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yordan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arnolds connects with a solid leg kick.
Arnolds tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yordan defends well and Arnolds ends up having to push Yordan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Yordan is looking to counter punch.
Yordan throws out a powerful jab.
Arnolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daud Yordan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A jab from Yordan finds it's way through Arnolds's defenses.
Yordan works Arnolds's body with a nice hook.
Arnolds slips under a jab.
Arnolds tries to counter by closing the distance.
Yordan lands a leg kick that knocks Arnolds off balance momentarily.
Arnolds misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Yordan misses its intended target.
Daud Yordan is winning the standup battle so far.
Arnolds looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yordan. Arnolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yordan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Arnolds.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arnolds. Yordan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yordan throws a low kick but Arnolds avoids it.
Yordan lands with a hook. Arnolds tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arnolds walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yordan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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!
Yordan misses with an uppercut. Arnolds saw that one coming.
Yordan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Arnolds looks to throw the jab but Yordan is out of range.
Arnolds ducks under a wild hook from Yordan.
And Arnolds tries to counter it with a takedown but Yordan pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnolds stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yordan.
A low kick lands for Yordan.
Arnolds attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Arnolds tries to clinch but Yordan is having none of it.
Arnolds ducks under a wild hook from Yordan.
Arnolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Yordan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Arnolds.
Arnolds lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Arnolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yordan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arnolds looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Arnolds is rocked!
Yordan lands a brutal head kick. Arnolds looks out on his feet and Yordan throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Daud Yordan!
A very excited looking Daud Yordan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Alan Arnolds was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and sponsors.'.