PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tokamek Yeets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Von Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeets's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nuclear Fusion. Von Ruthless has chosen Twilight Of The Thunder God as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Yeets
vs
Von Ruthless

193 cm
28
270 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

188 cm
23
265 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tokamek Yeets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hannibal Von Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeets checks a leg kick.
Yeets moves out of range of the body kick from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Von Ruthless lands a nice shot to the body.
Yeets thows a body shot but no joy.
Yeets moves out of range of the leg kick from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless lands a jab to Yeets's midsection.
Von Ruthless misses with a body kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Yeets.
Von Ruthless avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yeets.
Yeets misses with the ground and pound.
Yeets tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Yeets seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Yeets creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Von Ruthless sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yeets tries to move to full mount but Von Ruthless actually manages to regain half guard.
Yeets takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Yeets content to control rather than advance.
Yeets sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Von Ruthless defending well though.

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.
Von Ruthless blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yeets.
Yeets seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Yeets seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Von Ruthless for as long as he can get away with.
Yeets not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yeets.
Von Ruthless blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yeets.
Yeets sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Von Ruthless defending well though.
Yeets trying to control the action but Von Ruthless is working from the bottom.
Yeets looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yeets not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Von Ruthless regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yeets.
Yeets throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Von Ruthless works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yeets loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Von Ruthless keeping moving, preventing Yeets from controlling successfully.
Von Ruthless really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yeets. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yeets looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tokamek Yeets dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yeets takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yeets stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Von Ruthless.
Hannibal Von Ruthless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ruthless looks for the body kick but Yeets saw that one coming.
Yeets on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yeets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yeets fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yeets moves out of range of the body kick.
Von Ruthless motions for Yeets to come forward. Von Ruthless throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yeets moves out of range of the body kick from Von Ruthless.
A chopping leg kick lands by Von Ruthless.
Crunch! Von Ruthless slams his shin into Yeets's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ruthless with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yeets jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yeets blocks a head kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yeets thuds a left hand into Von Ruthless's body.
Von Ruthless throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yeets stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yeets misses the body punch
and Von Ruthless counters with a nice uppercut.
Yeets takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yeets keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Von Ruthless finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Von Ruthless throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Yeets gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yeets seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Von Ruthless does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeets is pressing down on Von Ruthless's thigh, looking to free his foot. Von Ruthless is holding on for now.
Von Ruthless is positioning himself well to prevent Yeets advancing to mount.
Yeets not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yeets missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeets is trying to control. Von Ruthless wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Von Ruthless desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yeets in particular looking to stall.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Von Ruthless throws out a leg kick but Yeets moves out of range and Von Ruthless only half commits.
Von Ruthless keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Von Ruthless misses with a hook to the body
and Yeets counters with a thumping low kick.
Yeets avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hannibal Von Ruthless is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Von Ruthless uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yeets.
Yeets sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Von Ruthless scores with a kick to the midsection.
Von Ruthless goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Von Ruthless does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Von Ruthless fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yeets.
Von Ruthless throws a leg kick but Yeets moved away.
Von Ruthless comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yeets is looking to wear down Von Ruthless with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Yeets shoots in and gets a takedown into Von Ruthless's guard.
Von Ruthless controlling the position.
Von Ruthless wants to stand and escape but Yeets is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Von Ruthless showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Yeets checks a leg kick.
Von Ruthless keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Von Ruthless, right into the meat.
Von Ruthless looks for the body kick but Yeets saw that one coming.
Von Ruthless shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yeets throws a body kick the misses
and Von Ruthless counters with a body kick that stops Yeets in his tracks momentarily.
Yeets checks the leg kick.
Von Ruthless swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Yeets counter with a right hand.
Von Ruthless throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yeets takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yeets's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Yeets duly obliges.
Von Ruthless is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Von Ruthless. That's going to slow Yeets down.
Yeets moves out of range of the leg kick from Von Ruthless.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ruthless misses with a body kick.
Von Ruthless moves away from the strike by Yeets.
Von Ruthless misses with the combination.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Von Ruthless is looking to chop away at Yeets's legs.
Yeets just misses with a punch to the body.
Yeets avoids the head kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yeets stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a chopping leg kick but Yeets manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yeets has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Von Ruthless throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless lands with a shot to the body.
Von Ruthless bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yeets checks a low kick from Von Ruthless.
Yeets takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Von Ruthless throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Ruthless chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yeets will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Von Ruthless buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yeets sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick but Yeets moves out of range.
Von Ruthless thuds his shin into the meat of Yeets's side.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick that half lands.
Von Ruthless misses with a low kick.
Von Ruthless swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeets has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yeets's sensitive parts.
Von Ruthless scoring well with a low kick there.
Von Ruthless scores with a spinning back kick!
Hannibal Von Ruthless seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Ruthless feints and then cracks Yeets's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yeets down.
Von Ruthless misses with a body punch

and Yeets counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Von Ruthless!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Von Ruthless wants to control but Yeets is having none of it.
Von Ruthless is desperately trying to improve his position but Yeets has a good base and remains in mount.
Yeets throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeets looking to finish with strikes here!
Yeets throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yeets takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yeets lands a big shot there that rocks Von Ruthless but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yeets misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hannibal Von Ruthless comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Von Ruthless has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannibal Von Ruthless!