PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cody Yeary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Obsrana Sraka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeary comes into the arena with Chip off the block - Machine gun Kelly (MGK) blaring out of the sound system. Obsrana Sraka struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yeary
vs
Sraka

188 cm
25
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Yeary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Obsrana Sraka!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeary shoots for a double leg takedown but Sraka sprawls well. He's pushed Yeary's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yeary has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sraka finds it's way round the side to connect with Yeary's head.
Yeary shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sraka sprawls well. Sraka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yeary gets slowly back to his feet.
Sraka dives in and grabs Yeary's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yeary pushes down on Sraka's head and hops out.
Yeary fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Yeary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yeary fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yeary.

Sraka instigates a clinch.
Yeary is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sraka is defending well.
Yeary keeps control of Sraka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sraka can't break the clinch.

Sraka manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sraka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Sraka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yeary defends it easily.

Sraka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yeary doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yeary manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yeary in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yeary throwing strikes from guard but Sraka blocks nicely.
Yeary is looking to work some ground and pound but Sraka has wrist control.
Yeary tries to free his leg and advance position but Sraka is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yeary won't allow Sraka to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yeary postures up in Sraka's guard and throws a big left but Sraka blocks it.
Sraka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yeary controls the pace.
Yeary trying to control the position from guard on top but Sraka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeary controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

We're going to have a standup here because Cody Yeary wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yeary shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yeary closes the distance and clinches up with Sraka, looking for a takedown. Yeary pushes Sraka against the cage but Sraka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yeary shoots for a takedown but Sraka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yeary fails with a takedown attempt.

Yeary closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Yeary is breathing heavily.
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!
Sraka is not content to let Yeary control the position.
Yeary thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sraka's head.
Yeary thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sraka's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeary is trying to control. Sraka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Yeary thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sraka's head.
Yeary lands with a punch from half guard.
Yeary is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yeary landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yeary trying to control the action but Sraka is working from the bottom.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sraka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yeary pulls his head out easily.
Yeary thows a huge punch but Sraka dodges it nicely.
Yeary throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sraka to regain full guard.
Yeary wants to pass the guard but Sraka is keeping the position.
Yeary postures up and lands a big shot to Sraka's brow.
Yeary wants to control from the top but Sraka keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeary stands up over Sraka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yeary trying to control but Sraka is working from the bottom.
Yeary throws a big elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeary sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sraka's guard.
Yeary working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Yeary thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sraka's head.
Yeary controlling the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yeary slips a nice elbow through Sraka's hands, connecting with Sraka's forehead.
Yeary seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Yeary throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Yeary dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sraka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yeary circles away quickly and effectively.
Sraka keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sraka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sraka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yeary.
Yeary shoots in and drives through. Sraka sprawls well.
Yeary dives in and grabs Sraka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sraka pushes down on Yeary's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Yeary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sraka stuffs the takedown attempt from Yeary. Yeary gets slowly back to his feet.
Cody Yeary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sraka misses with a few strikes there.
Sraka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sraka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yeary closes the distance and clinches up with Sraka, looking for a takedown. Yeary pushes Sraka against the cage but Sraka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Yeary scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yeary controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yeary has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeary putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yeary lands a big elbow.
Yeary putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yeary is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sraka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yeary looking to finish Sraka with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sraka!
Yeary with the ground and pound from mount.
Yeary scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sraka?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yeary lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yeary working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yeary in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sraka in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Yeary raining down hammerfists from mount.
Yeary looking to control but Sraka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeary scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yeary breaks from Sraka's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Yeary cracks Sraka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sraka is squirming around, avoiding Yeary's attempts to control the action.
Yeary takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yeary trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yeary controlling the pace for now.
Yeary has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sraka's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeary looking to control but Sraka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yeary working Sraka over with strikes here.
Yeary tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yeary postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sraka looks a forlorn figure.
Yeary lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yeary lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yeary fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yeary raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yeary lands a big shot there that rocks Sraka but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Sraka is rocked!
Cody Yeary overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yeary looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeary working the ground and pound effectively.
Yeary tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yeary dominating with strikes here.
Yeary pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sraka takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yeary lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sraka hang on?
Sraka is still in real trouble! Can Yeary finish him?
Sraka tries to hold on but Yeary postures up.
Sraka seems to have recovered his senses.
Yeary is landing with some decent strikes but Sraka is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Yeary dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Yeary changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sraka tries to avoid it but Yeary manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sraka to the ground. Sraka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yeary tries for a takedown but Sraka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sraka connects with a body shot that sends Yeary's belly button to the back.
Yeary shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sraka defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Yeary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yeary looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yeary has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yeary is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sraka can do to turn this around?
Sraka stuffs the takedown.
Sraka scores with a three punch combo!
Yeary shoots in but no luck this time.
Yeary fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sraka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Sraka both land. Nice combination.
Yeary throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sraka's waist but Sraka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yeary off to one side.
Yeary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sraka.
Yeary closes the distance and clinches up with Sraka, looking for a takedown. Yeary pushes Sraka against the cage but Sraka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yeary is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sraka leaves Yeary with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Sraka tries to sprawl but Yeary drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Yeary stalling away here and it's allowed Sraka to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Yeary scoring with some ground and pound.
Yeary controlling from the top position.
Yeary makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sraka controls Yeary momentarily but Yeary frees himself.
Yeary chips away with some ground and pound.
Yeary works over Sraka with some ground and pound from guard.
Yeary lands a couple of elbows.
Yeary distracts Sraka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yeary connects with a couple of short punches.
Sraka keeping moving, preventing Yeary from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sraka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yeary.
Yeary trying to control the position from guard on top but Sraka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yeary showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Cody Yeary wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Yeary changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sraka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yeary landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cody Yeary is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sraka takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Yeary wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sraka keeps working.
Sraka tries to bench press Yeary off him but Yeary keeps the position.
A lull in the action here as Yeary stalls from top position.
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!
Yeary lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yeary in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Sraka is not content to let Yeary control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Yeary showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yeary, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Yeary!
A pretty intense looking Cody Yeary took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.