PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yates comes to the cage accompanied by Village People - Y.M.C.A. Pandora has chosen Layla as his entrance music. Elliot Yates has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Yates
vs
Pandora

177 cm
19
178 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Elliot Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Yates.

It looks like Arthur Pandora has been cut.
Pandora shoots in but no luck this time.
Yates connects with a right hand. Pandora shakes it off.
Yates avoids the head kick by Pandora.
Pandora tries to clinch up.
Yates misses with a series of wild punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Yates escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pandora tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yates swivels and escapes.
Pandora throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pandora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pandora scores with a leg kick.
Pandora closes the distance but Yates moves to the side
enabling Yates to counter with a crisp jab.
Yates lands a nice hook to Pandora's body. Pandora takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Yates clinches up with Pandora and pushes him back against the cage.
Pandora is trying to break the clinch but Yates has him pressed against the cage.
Pandora tries to break free but Yates pushes him back against the cage.

Yates pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yates avoids the head kick by Pandora.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora tries to close the distance and clinch but Yates swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yates wants to clinch up but Pandora keeps it at a distance.
Pandora moves in looking to clinch but Yates pushes him off.
No luck for Yates with that takedown attempt.
Pandora shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Yates to counter with a crisp jab.
Elliot Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Pandora.
Pandora moves in looking to clinch but Yates pushes him off.
Yates looks to land a combination but Pandora avoids it well.
Pandora lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Yates looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yates is breathing heavily.
Pandora is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pandora is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yates is looking to stand up but Pandora won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Yates decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pandora, up you get!
Pandora darts in trying to clinch
and Yates counters with a stiff right hand.
Pandora walks into a left hand.
Yates swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandora.
Yates takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pandora tries to clinch up but Yates circles away and keeps his distance.
Yates throws a series of punches but Pandora avoids them all with ease.
Yates steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pandora. That one must have hurt.
Yates pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora with a poor takedown
and Yates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yates lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yates lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yates.
A jab lands there for Yates.
Pandora wants to clinch
and Yates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pandora slips a jab and a cross from Yates.
Yates lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pandora circles away quickly and effectively.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pandora.
Pandora tries to clinch but Yates moves away
and Yates counters with a one-two to the body.
Pandora shoots in and drives through. Yates sprawls well.
Yates is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yates blocks a jab.
Yates rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pandora moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pandora dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yates. That did some damage!
Pandora throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yates cracks Pandora with an open hand slap.
Yates is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pandora throws a nice head kick!
Yates throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pandora.
Pandora fails with a takedown attempt.
Pandora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yates lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pandora backs up against the cage.
Yates misses with a two punch combination.
Pandora shoots and misses

and Yates counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Yates is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pandora has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Yates stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Yates dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pandora's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A solid body kick from Pandora.
Pandora lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
Pandora tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pandora takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pandora misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pandora fails to land with a series of punches.
Yates takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick from Pandora lands but Yates takes it in his stride.
Yates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Elliot Yates is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pandora.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pandora fails with a takedown attempt.
Yates falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pandora counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yates's waist but Yates gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pandora off to one side.
Pandora slips a jab and a cross from Yates.
Yates scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pandora with a lazy takedown attempt

and Yates counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yates.
Elliot Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Pandora.
Pandora is trying to break the clinch but Yates has him pressed against the cage.

Yates breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pandora darts in trying to clinch
and Yates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pandora changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yates tries to avoid it but Pandora manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yates to the ground. Yates escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yates fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Yates clinches.

Yates has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Pandora uses from the top position.
Pandora is working Yates over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pandora throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yates works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yates looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pandora is one step ahead there.
Yates on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yates tries to get out of the position.
Yates throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Yates wants to sweep but no luck.
Yates throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pandora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pandora tries a head kick but it misses.

Yates rushes Pandora and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yates breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yates misses with a two punch combination.
Pandora is trying desperately to land a takedown but Yates is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Pandora.
Yates takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yates misses with a series of wild punches.
Pandora dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yates. That did some damage!
A head kick from Pandora lands but Yates takes it in his stride.
Yates throws a series of punches but Pandora moves out of range.
Pandora wants to clinch.
Pandora wants to clinch

and Yates moves into the clinch.
Yates has Pandora pressed against the cage, preventing Pandora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Yates escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yates rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pandora moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pandora buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A right-left combo lands from Yates.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pandora. That's going to slow Yates down.
Pandora dodges the punch combination from Yates.
Pandora clinches but Yates breaks the clinch
and Yates counters with a left and a right that stings Pandora.
Pandora doesn't manage to clinch there - Yates circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yates.
Yates is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Yates shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pandora is trying to escape the mount.
Yates is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Yates looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pandora is desperately trying to improve his position but Yates has a good base and remains in mount.
Yates landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Yates dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pandora's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pandora throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pandora. That's going to slow Yates down.
Yates on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yates keeps the fight on the outside.
Pandora thuds his shin into the meat of Yates's side.
Yates scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pandora.
Pandora shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pandora tries for a takedown but Yates circles away easily

and Yates counters by moving into the clinch.

Yates's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Yates moves into range and clinches up with Pandora.
Pandora has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Yates breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pandora throws a sloppy head kick and Yates moves out of range easily.
Yates scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pandora doesn't seem bothered though.
Yates falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yates will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Yates misses.
Pandora closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Yates counter with a right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Pandora as Yates shoots in.
Yates throws a shot from downtown. Pandora moves away and avoids it.
Pandora tries to close the distance and clinch but Yates swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pandora.
Yates throws a series of strikes that have Pandora backpedaling.
Pandora shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yates cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elliot Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Pandora.
Pandora has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pandora thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pandora scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pandora slips a jab and a cross from Yates.
Pandora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Yates scores with a four punch combination!
Pandora tries to clinch up but Yates circles away and keeps his distance.
Yates chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pandora can pounce on him.
Yates misses with a combination
and Pandora counters with an inside leg kick.
Crunch! Pandora slams his shin into Yates's torso.

Yates looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pandora!
Yates lands a big elbow.
Pandora really wants to buck Yates off and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates prevents Pandora from getting the reversal.

Pandora defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yates.
Pandora wants to control but Yates is having none of it.
Pandora is looking to improve his position but Yates isn't that keen on the idea.
Yates looking to finish Pandora with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pandora!
Yates avoids the attempt from Pandora to control.

Yates working for a guillotine from mount but Pandora is in no mood to give up.
Elliot Yates is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yates raining down shots from the mount!
Yates landing strikes from the mount.
Pandora is trying desperately to improve position.
Arthur Pandora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yates trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elliot Yates showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yates has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elliot Yates!