PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul McBryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zangief Yoledo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McBryant comes into the arena with "London Calling" by The Clash blaring out of the sound system. Zangief Yoledo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

McBryant
vs
Yoledo

195 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
26
270 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Sweet-Tooth Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul McBryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Zangief Yoledo!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoledo is looking to land body kicks.
Yoledo wants to clinch.
McBryant tries to clinch

and Yoledo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yoledo throws an elbow but misses.
Yoledo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but McBryant is blocking nicely.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo looks gassed!
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
McBryant working hard to break the clinch.
Yoledo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McBryant's efforts to push away.
McBryant fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yoledo scores with a knee to the head.
Yoledo lands an uppercut.
Yoledo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoledo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yoledo throws a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant tries a knee to the head but Yoledo blocks it.
McBryant is trying to break the clinch but Yoledo has him pressed against the cage.
McBryant is looking to break free of the clinch but Yoledo has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoledo.
McBryant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoledo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo misses with a knee strike.
McBryant wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McBryant misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo misses with a knee strike.
McBryant jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yoledo walks away with a smile on his face. McBryant gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yoledo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McBryant looks to clinch

and Yoledo moves into the clinch.
McBryant looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul McBryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McBryant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo tries a knee to the head but McBryant blocks it.

McBryant pulls guard.
Yoledo wants to get up but he can't break McBryant's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Yoledo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yoledo wanted to stand there but McBryant had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoledo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McBryant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yoledo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yoledo wants to get up but he can't break McBryant's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yoledo postures up.
Yoledo throws and elbow that misses. McBryant uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yoledo's guard. Nice move by McBryant!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McBryant preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBryant content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

McBryant is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McBryant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoledo counters with a head kick. That will keep McBryant thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Yoledo misses with a series of wild punches.
Yoledo moves in looking to clinch but McBryant pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBryant swats away the attempt to clinch by Yoledo.
Yoledo throws a quick inside leg kick.
McBryant misses with a takedown

and Yoledo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yoledo tries a knee to the head but McBryant blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yoledo obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoledo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McBryant blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoledo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McBryant.
McBryant tries a knee to the head but Yoledo blocks it.
Yoledo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zangief Yoledo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McBryant tries to clinch up

and Yoledo counters by moving into the clinch.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McBryant blocks an uppercut.
Yoledo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McBryant wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoledo won't allow it.
Yoledo scores with a shoulder strike.
Yoledo prevents McBryant from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBryant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McBryant looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yoledo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McBryant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McBryant is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yoledo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBryant wants a takedown.
Yoledo working aggressively here.
McBryant is looking to break free of the clinch but Yoledo has double underhooks.
Yoledo lands an elbow just above McBryant 's eye.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo throws a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yoledo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yoledo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo lands a knee to the head.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yoledo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul McBryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yoledo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McBryant's efforts to push away.
Yoledo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yoledo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McBryant blocks it with crossed arms.
McBryant fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two 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.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McBryant blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoledo lands a right hand.
A frustrated look appears on McBryant's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yoledo throws a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant looking to throw knees to the head but Yoledo is blocking nicely.
McBryant misses with a knee strike.
McBryant tries to break free but Yoledo pushes him back against the cage.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.

McBryant ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. McBryant no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

McBryant is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yoledo defends well.
Yoledo trying to control but McBryant is working from the bottom.

Yoledo stands up and waves to McBryant to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoledo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Yoledo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
McBryant has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant tries to land a knee to the head but Yoledo blocks with his arms.
McBryant tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yoledo smiles and moves away.
McBryant with a lazy takedown attempt

and Yoledo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yoledo lands an elbow that stopped McBryant in his tracks for a moment.
Yoledo lands with a short shot to the head.

McBryant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yoledo tries to close the distance and clinch but McBryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McBryant closes the distance but Yoledo moves to the side

and Yoledo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McBryant is trying to force a seperation but Yoledo has the dominant position.
Yoledo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yoledo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yoledo misses with a knee strike.
McBryant looking to throw knees to the head but Yoledo is blocking nicely.
McBryant misses with a knee to the head.
Yoledo tries a knee to the head but McBryant blocks it.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
McBryant is trying to break free.
Yoledo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McBryant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McBryant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoledo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yoledo tries a knee to the head but McBryant blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zangief Yoledo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! McBryant's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

McBryant tries to clinch up
and Yoledo counters with a slapping leg kick.
McBryant clinches but Yoledo breaks the clinch

and Yoledo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yoledo.
Yoledo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McBryant throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBryant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoledo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McBryant looking to throw knees to the head but Yoledo is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from Yoledo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yoledo lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Paul McBryant has been cut.
McBryant takes an elbow to the temple.
Yoledo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yoledo lands a right hand that snaps the head of McBryant backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoledo scores with a knee to the head.
Yoledo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yoledo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yoledo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yoledo lands a nice uppercut.
McBryant tries to land a knee to the head but Yoledo blocks with his arms.

Yoledo has picked McBryant up - he's going for a ride! Yoledo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Yoledo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Yoledo stands up out of the half guard.
Yoledo throws a nice looking combination but McBryant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McBryant fails with the takedown
and Yoledo counters with a one-two to the body.
McBryant clinches but Yoledo breaks the clinch

and Yoledo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBryant takes a shot to the head.
Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but McBryant is blocking nicely.
Yoledo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

McBryant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McBryant darts in trying to clinch

and Yoledo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yoledo.
McBryant changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yoledo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yoledo leaves McBryant with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul McBryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoledo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McBryant takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yoledo.
Yoledo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yoledo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McBryant blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoledo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McBryant looking to throw knees to the head but Yoledo is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Yoledo.
Yoledo has McBryant pressed against the cage, preventing McBryant from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head.
McBryant tries to score a body lock takedown but Yoledo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yoledo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Yoledo.
Yoledo tries a knee to the head but McBryant blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBryant misses with a knee strike.
Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but McBryant is blocking nicely.
Yoledo lands a hook that snaps the head of McBryant backwards.
Yoledo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McBryants head.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McBryant is trying to break free.
McBryant tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yoledo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yoledo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McBryant's efforts to push away.
Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but McBryant is blocking nicely.
Yoledo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McBryant wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but McBryant blocks with his arms.
McBryant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McBryant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zangief Yoledo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but McBryant is blocking nicely.
McBryant tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yoledo smiles and moves away.

Yoledo clinches up with McBryant and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zangief Yoledo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yoledo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zangief Yoledo!