PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ubin Yakinoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakinoff has chosen Jump Jump as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ubin Yakinoff is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Green
vs
Yakinoff

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Hilo

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ubin Yakinoff !
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakinoff will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Green misses with a low kick.
Green tries to clinch but Yakinoff is having none of it.
Yakinoff slips under a jab from Green.
Green throws a series of punches but Yakinoff moves out of range.
Green fails with an attempt to clinch.
Green wants to clinch up but Yakinoff keeps it at a distance.
Yakinoff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Green.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Green misses.

Yakinoff looking to score a takedown here. Green is defending well but Yakinoff drives through and ends up in Green's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yakinoff in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yakinoff forces his way into half guard.
Green is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Yakinoff jumps into side control!
Yakinoff looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Green is avoiding damage well.
Yakinoff creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Green sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakinoff lands an elbow.
Yakinoff connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Green some visible discomfort.
Check out the look on Yakinoff 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yakinoff scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Yakinoff 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yakinoff throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Yakinoff lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakinoff works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Yakinoff creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Green taking punishment in the form of punches.
Yakinoff trying to control the action but Green is working from the bottom.
Yakinoff landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakinoff scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Green to see if he's OK.
Green takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Yakinoff lands some shots froms side control.
Yakinoff in side control, throwing shots but Green defends.
Yakinoff is putting a hurting on Green here, landing some big shots from side control.
Yakinoff taking a breather here.
Yakinoff is working Green over with some ground and pound from side control.
Green is not content to let Yakinoff control the position.
Yakinoff cracks Green with a big right hand but Green just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakinoff is working Green over with some ground and pound from side control.
Green taking punishment in the form of punches.
Green regains half guard.
Green is looking to control Yakinoff 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Green avoid being mounted?
Yakinoff missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Yakinoff there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yakinoff lands a nice short elbow.
Yakinoff working Green over with strikes.
Yakinoff is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yakinoff punishing his opponent with strikes.

Green is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Yakinoff 's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ubin Yakinoff !
A victorious Ubin Yakinoff thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.