PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Yellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lemieux
vs
Yellow

180 cm
27
172 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

185 cm
27
180 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Yellow!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Yellow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lemieux is looking to clinch but Yellow is avoiding it.
Lemieux looks to land a right hand but Yellow moved out of range.
Lemieux displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yellow throws out the jab.
Yellow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lemieux tries to clinch up but Yellow circles away and keeps his distance.
Yellow is looking to clinch.
Yellow thuds his right hand into Lemieux's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lemieux walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yellow throws a jab when Lemieux was well out of range.
Lemieux misses with a looping right.
A big right from Yellow misses.
Yellow tries a head kick but it misses.
Yellow jabs at Lemieux's body.
Lemieux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yellow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lemieux throws a solid leg kick but Yellow takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lemieux.
Lemieux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lemieux takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lemieux closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemieux walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yellow cracks the inside of Lemieux's front leg.
Yellow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yellow misses with a looping left.
A jab from Yellow does it's job there.
Lemieux scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yellow doesn't seem bothered though.
Lemieux tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yellow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lemieux lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lemieux takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yellow buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yellow lands with a shot to the body.
Yellow throws a leg kick but Lemieux sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yellow thuds a left hand into Lemieux's body.
Nice uppercut lands for Lemieux. That snapped Yellow's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yellow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yellow looks to throw the jab but Lemieux is out of range.
Yellow connects with a right hand. Lemieux shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yellow swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yellow with a jab.
Yellow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lemieux doesn't manage to clinch there - Yellow circles away.
Lemieux throws a jab but it's blocked by Yellow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lemieux. Yellow does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Lemieux. Beautiful body shot.
Lemieux throws a right hand that misses
enabling Yellow to counter with a crisp jab.
Yellow cracks Lemieux with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yellow fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lemieux on the side of the head.
Yellow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lemieux.
Yellow blocks a low kick nicely.
Lemieux takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yellow misses with a body shot.
Yellow slips under a jab from Lemieux.
Lemieux avoids the body shot from Yellow.
Lemieux throws a body punch but Yellow moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yellow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemieux manages to avoid it.
Lemieux connects with an inside leg kick.
Lemieux lands a jab to Yellow's midsection.
Yellow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yellow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yellow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yellow bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yellow lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by Lemieux.
A cross from Yellow lands.
Lemieux displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yellow throws out the jab.
Lemieux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yellow staying out of range there.
Lemieux has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lemieux there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yellow lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yellow throws a body punch but Lemieux moves out of range.
Lemieux throws a jab when Yellow was well out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yellow.
Yellow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lemieux scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lemieux fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yellow is out of range.
Yellow throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Yellow.
Lemieux misses with a lunging right hand
and Yellow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Lemieux clinches up against the cage.
Yellow lands with a right to the head.
Yellow misses with the head strike.
Lemieux is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yellow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemieux blocking some punches.
Lemieux misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yellow working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Yellow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lemieux tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yellow is able to avoid easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Yellow in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Yellow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yellow avoids the body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a body shot.
Yellow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lemieux tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yellow is able to avoid easily.
Lemieux swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yellow.

It looks like Tom Yellow has been cut.
Yellow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lemieux connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yellow scrambles back to his feet.
Lemieux misses with a looping right.
Yellow with a jab.
Lemieux throws a body punch but Yellow moves out of range.
Yellow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Yellow moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Yellow fails to land.
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!
Yellow lands a nice uppercut.
Yellow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Nice body punch from Lemieux - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yellow pushes Lemieux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yellow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lemieux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Lemieux.
Yellow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lemieuxs head.
Lemieux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemieux misses with a punch on the inside.
Yellow throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemieux.
Yellow has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
A short right from Lemieux on the inside.
Lemieux lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lemieux misses with the head strike.
Lemieux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Yellow fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yellow.
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!
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
Lemieux stalling against the cage.
Yellow misses with the head strike.
Lemieux stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yellow.
Lemieux lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yellow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lemieux lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Yellow controls the action.
Lemieux lands a body punch.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lemieux is looking to control Yellow's arms but Yellow gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lemieux has his back to the cage.
Lemieux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yellow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lemieux blocking some punches.
Lemieux blocks an uppercut.
Lemieux lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Lemieux as the two fighters clinch.
Yellow misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lemieux trying to control the position but instead, Yellow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lemieux into the cage.
Yellow swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
David Lemieux has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux struggles to land a body shot inside as Yellow controls his hands.
Lemieux misses with a body punch.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lemieux digs a right hand into Yellow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yellow's gas tank.
Yellow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yellow can't break the clinch.
Yellow blocks an uppercut.
Lemieux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yellow backwards.
Lemieux tries to throw a body punch but Yellow avoids it by throwing Lemieux back against the cage.
Lemieux lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yellow backwards.
Lemieux blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lemieux.
A hook to the body from Lemieux.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemieux has Yellow pressed against the cage, preventing Yellow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lemieux lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lemieux lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Lemieux on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yellow backwards.
Lemieux gets through Yellow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lemieux is working Yellow over against the cage.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
Yellow has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lemieux blocks an uppercut.
Yellow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemieux.
Lemieux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lemieux.
Yellow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yellow throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemieux.
Yellow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lemieux cracks Yellow with a nice body shot.
Yellow is breathing heavily.
Lemieux lands with a left to the head.
Yellow misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Lemieux dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Yellow's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Yellow misses with a straight right.
Yellow misses the jab.
Lemieux throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yellow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lemieux misses with an uppercut
and Yellow counters with an inside leg kick.
Lemieux just misses with a punch to the body.
Lemieux uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yellow.
Lemieux throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yellow on the side of the head.
Lemieux needs to keep his hands up - Yellow had a free shot at his head there.
Lemieux looks to score with a jab to the body but Yellow is just out of range.
Yellow throws a head kick that misses.
Yellow moves forwards but Lemieux connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Lemieux rushes Yellow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yellow fails to land.
Yellow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Yellow fails to land.
Lemieux digs a right hand underneath Yellow's ribcage. Yellow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lemieux lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lemieux lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yellow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yellow's efforts to push away.
Lemieux gets through Yellow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Lemieux on the inside.
Lemieux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lemieux trying to stall but Yellow improves his position.
Yellow misses with the head strike.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Yellow controls the action.
Lemieux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yellow's elbow.
Lemieux scores with a shot to the side of Yellow's head.
Lemieux struggles to land a body shot inside as Yellow controls his hands.
Yellow has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
Yellow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemieux.
Lemieux lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lemieux misses with the head strike.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yellow misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Lemieux.
Lemieux gets through Yellow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemieux.
Lemieux lands a body punch.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Yellow.
Lemieux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yellow's elbow.
Yellow blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
Lemieux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Lemieux.
Lemieux lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lemieux digs a right hand underneath Yellow's ribcage. Yellow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemieux.
Lemieux pushes Yellow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yellow prevents a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux trying to control the position but instead, Yellow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lemieux into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemieux lands a right hand.
Yellow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lemieux lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux tries to throw a body punch but Yellow avoids it by throwing Lemieux back against the cage.
Lemieux misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yellow.
Lemieux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yellow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yellow blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux lands with a right to the head.
Lemieux is trying to stall.
Yellow misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yellow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lemieux lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yellow.
Yellow throws a head punch that misses.
Yellow has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
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!
Lemieux working aggressively here.
Lemieux tries a body shot but Yellow blocks it.
Yellow lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Yellow.
Lemieux blocks an uppercut.
Yellow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lemieux throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yellows head.
Lemieux manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lemieux lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lemieux lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Lemieux.
Yellow misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Lemieux showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lemieux has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Lemieux!
During a confident post fight interview, David Lemieux thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.