PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yves Jabouin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Haritonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabouin comes to the cage accompanied by Trobule On My Mind- Pusha T and Tyler The Creator. Igor Haritonov struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.5lbs 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. Yves Jabouin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jabouin
vs
Haritonov

175 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yves Jabouin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Igor Haritonov!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Jabouin.
Yves Jabouin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabouin connects with an inside leg kick.
Haritonov throws a hook but Jabouin blocks it.
Jabouin misses with a hook. Haritonov ducked under it nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jabouin. Haritonov shrugs it off though.
Haritonov looks gassed!
Haritonov takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haritonov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jabouin.
Haritonov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jabouin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jabouin lands a leg kick that knocks Haritonov off balance momentarily.
Jabouin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jabouin connects with a leg kick. Haritonov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jabouin drops Haritonov with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Haritonov looks back up at him and smiles so Jabouin waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Haritonov is rocked!
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!
Jabouin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Haritonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Jabouin finish him?
A slow jab from Jabouin misses its intended target.
Haritonov seems to have recovered his senses.
Jabouin scores with a kick to the body.
Jabouin scores with a shot to the body.

Jabouin sends Haritonov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Jabouin is motioning to the referee to let Haritonov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Haritonov walks straight into a right hand from Jabouin - that's dropped him! Jabouin jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Haritonov from any more punishment! Haritonov complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yves Jabouin!
Yves Jabouin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.