PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anaconda Yadav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Foote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yadav comes to the cage accompanied by Shayad. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yadav
vs
Foote

202 cm
20
275 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

186 cm
19
264 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anaconda Yadav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clint Foote!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foote shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yadav will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Foote tries a low kick but Yadav avoids it.
Yadav fails with a takedown attempt.

Yadav shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Foote keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Foote makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Foote.
Yadav will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yadav thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yadav is fighting to break Foote's control of his arms but Foote is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Yadav drops back looking for a leg! Foote is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Foote manages to kick Yadav off! Yadav jumps back into Foote's guard.
Yadav stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Foote swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Foote looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yadav is one step ahead there.

Yadav drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Foote manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Yadav has Foote in his guard.
Foote content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Foote must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Foote avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yadav is breathing heavily.
Foote with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Foote scoring with punches to the head and body.
Foote lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Foote lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Foote stands up over Yadav, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Foote makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Foote works over Yadav with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yadav is looking for a triangle but Foote pushes his legs off easily.
Foote stands up over Yadav, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Foote working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foote connects with a couple of short punches.
Foote chips away with some ground and pound.
Foote slips nicely into half guard.
Foote scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foote lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yadav taking some punishment here, with Foote in his half guard.
Foote is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Yadav!
Foote scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yadav?
Yadav taking shots to the head.
Yadav is bucking up trying to escape but Foote cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Foote landing shots from mount.
Foote postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yadav looks a forlorn figure.
Foote with good strikes from the mount here!
Yadav is in a horrible position here. Foote smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yadav tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Foote pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Foote with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Foote connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Foote cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yadav is trying desperately to improve position.
Foote working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yadav tries to reverse the position but Foote maintains control.
Foote cracks Yadav with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Foote is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yadav can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Foote cracks Yadav with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Foote lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yadav hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foote connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Foote punishing his opponent with strikes.
Foote lands a heavy elbow.
Foote connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Foote landing shots from mount.

Yadav is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Foote landing strikes from the mount and Yadav is in trouble!
Foote lands a heavy elbow.
Foote pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yadav is desperately trying to improve his position but Foote has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Foote dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Foote misses with a hook. Yadav ducked under it nicely.
Foote stuffs the takedown.
Foote looks to throw the jab but Yadav is out of range.
Yadav shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Foote sprawls well. Foote wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yadav gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bone on bone clash there as Yadav blocks the leg kick.
Foote has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yadav blocks a leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Foote.
Foote lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Foote creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yadav is looking to reverse the position.
Yadav takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oh Yadav is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clint Foote has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Foote lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Yadav! Foote senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Yadav out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Clint Foote!