PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Albert Azag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panom Yeerum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azag's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pop bottles. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Azag
vs
Yeerum

178 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

PhoQus Sports Enhancement

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Albert Azag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Panom Yeerum!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azag checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yeerum throws out a loose jab but Azag uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeerum misses with a low kick.
Azag slips under a jab.
Yeerum tries a head kick but it misses.
Yeerum throws a leg kick that misses.

Azag has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yeerum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Azag blocks it with crossed arms.

Yeerum turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Azag is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Azag struggling a bit here.
Yeerum cracks Azag with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Azag wants to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Azag's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yeerum looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Azag wants to get back to his feet.

Yeerum thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yeerum lands a few punches from side control.

Yeerum wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Azag, who protects the arm well.

Yeerum tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yeerum has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yeerum has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Yeerum wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Azag, who protects the arm well.
Yeerum looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azag is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Yeerum has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Yeerum working the ground and pound.
Azag takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Yeerum working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yeerum fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Yeerum wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Azag, who protects the arm well.
Azag tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Yeerum are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Azag on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yeerum working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yeerum creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Azag wants to control but Yeerum postures up.

Yeerum is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Azag has escaped the position, nice work there.

Yeerum is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Azag is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Azag is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Yeerum's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Azag looks like he's trying to stand up.
Azag wants to control but Yeerum is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azag is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Yeerum is nestled in close to Azag, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Yeerum is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Azag defends it well.

Yeerum is trying to work for a kimura but Azag is defending well.
Azag trying to control but Yeerum postures up.
Yeerum takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azag on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panom Yeerum dominated that round.
That's time! Azag's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Azag takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Yeerum misses.

Yeerum gets a takedown into half guard.
Panom Yeerum has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yeerum lands a nice short elbow.
Yeerum lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Yeerum seems to be working for a kimura but Azag defends the submission attempt.

Yeerum is trying to work for a kimura but Azag is defending well.
Azag is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeerum looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Azag with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yeerum lands with a punch from half guard.
Yeerum has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yeerum cracks Azag with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yeerum is landing with some decent strikes but Azag is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Yeerum looking to isolate an arm here. Azag doesn't see it coming and as Yeerum extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Yeerum!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Panom Yeerum!