PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Lilke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tantric Yogi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tantric Yogi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lilke
vs
Yogi

184 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Fast

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Lilke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tantric Yogi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilke with a jab.
Lilke misses with a few strikes there.
Yogi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lilke.
Yogi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tommy Lilke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Yogi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lilke enables Yogi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lilke manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Yogi advances to half guard.
Yogi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lilke wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yogi working the head and body with strikes.
Yogi is keen to just control but Lilke is a slippery customer.
Yogi working the head and body with strikes.
Lilke has hold of Yogi's hands but Yogi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yogi is keen to just control but Lilke is a slippery customer.
Yogi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yogi is stalling here. Lilke is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Yogi seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lilke has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Lilke trying to control the position but Yogi is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yogi struggling a bit here.
Lilke trying to control the position but Yogi is working away.
Yogi is trying to control Lilke's posture but Lilke avoids it.
Yogi dodges the ground and pound from Lilke.
Lilke trying to control the position but Yogi is working away.

Lilke decides to stand up, so the ref orders Yogi to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lilke misses with a body shot.
Yogi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yogi moves out of range of the strikes.
Yogi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lilke on the side of the head.
Lilke shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Yogi counters with a takedown into side control.
Yogi wants to control but Lilke is keeping him busy.
Yogi happy to just control the position for now.
Lilke is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yogi working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilke takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Yogi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Yogi advances to mount.
Yogi tries to control but Lilke wriggling away.

Yogi wants to finish this one by submission but Lilke is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Yogi.
Lilke is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lilke is in a horrible position here. Yogi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lilke is working to get back to half guard.
Yogi is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yogi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Lilke that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yogi tries to control but Lilke wriggling away.
Lilke is looking to improve his position but Yogi isn't that keen on the idea.
Lilke is working hard here to advance position.
Lilke is bucking up trying to escape but Yogi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yogi prevents Lilke from getting the reversal.
Lilke is trying to stand up.
Lilke is breathing heavily.
Yogi landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Yogi cracks the inside of Lilke's front leg.
Lilke gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Yogi counters with a shoot takedown. Lilke fights it but they end up in guard.
Yogi trying to control but Lilke is working from the bottom.
Yogi content to stall in guard here.
Yogi trying to control but Lilke is working from the bottom.
Lilke is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yogi is controlling him.
Yogi pushes down on Lilke's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Yogi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Yogi throwing shots but Lilke is blocking nicely.
Yogi prevents Lilke from standing back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Yogi is looking for a kimura but Lilke is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Yogi to get the leverage.
Yogi working over Lilke with some ground and pound. Lilke looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lilke is looking to improve his position.
Lilke is trying to stand.
Yogi working Lilke over with strikes.
Yogi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lilke is looking to escape.
Tantric Yogi has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yogi works his way into full mount!
Yogi landing strikes from the mount.
Yogi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lilke looks a forlorn figure.
Lilke wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Yogi looking to finish Lilke with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lilke!
Yogi loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Lilke scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Yogi land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Yogi stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tantric Yogi!