PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo Saldivar Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Yerly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yerly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hymne fribourgeois kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cedric Yerly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Saldivar Iii
vs
Yerly

190 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leo Saldivar Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cedric Yerly!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saldivar Iii will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yerly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yerly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yerly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii missing with a left hand there. Yerly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saldivar Iii looks to throw the jab but Yerly is out of range.
Leo Saldivar Iii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yerly slips under a jab.
Yerly tries to score a power double leg takedown but Saldivar Iii sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yerly somewhat.
Yerly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yerly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Cedric Yerly has been cut.
Yerly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Leo Saldivar Iii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saldivar Iii wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Saldivar Iii scores with a jab to the head.
Saldivar Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saldivar Iii misses with a hook. Yerly ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Saldivar Iii there.
Saldivar Iii lands a nice shot that snaps Yerly's head back.
Saldivar Iii throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yerly.
Saldivar Iii throws a nice looking combination but Yerly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yerly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Saldivar Iii misses its intended target.
Yerly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Saldivar Iii misses with a straight left.
Good exchange - Saldivar Iii coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar Iii throws a looping overhand right but Yerly ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Saldivar Iii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saldivar Iii fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Saldivar Iii misses the shot to the body.
Saldivar Iii scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed right hand from Saldivar Iii misses the target.
Saldivar Iii throws a one two combo.
Saldivar Iii lands a nice hook to Yerly's body. Yerly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saldivar Iii throws a jab but it's blocked by Yerly.
Yerly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii misses with a hook. Yerly ducked under it nicely.
Saldivar Iii misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii throws a big shot that misses.
Saldivar Iii misses with an uppercut.
Saldivar Iii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yerly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saldivar Iii missing with a left hand there. Yerly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saldivar Iii misses with a straight left.
Saldivar Iii is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yerly slips under a jab.
Saldivar Iii getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Saldivar Iii connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saldivar Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar Iii scores with a shot to the body.
Saldivar Iii with a nice cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Saldivar Iii as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Saldivar Iii lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yerly doesn't seem phased though.
Yerly takes one to the chin there.
Saldivar Iii scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yerly in his tracks.
Saldivar Iii lands a jab to Yerly's midsection.
Yerly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch lands to the side of Yerly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Saldivar Iii misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saldivar Iii. Yerly does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Saldivar Iii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Yerly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Saldivar Iii lands with an overhand left.
Saldivar Iii lands a jab-cross combination.
Yerly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good exchange - Saldivar Iii coming out on top.
Saldivar Iii thuds his right hand into Yerly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saldivar Iii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saldivar Iii cracks Yerly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Saldivar Iii swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yerly has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yerly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Saldivar Iii connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yerly momentarily.
Yerly slips a jab from Saldivar Iii.
Saldivar Iii misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saldivar Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yerly can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerly moves away from the strike by Saldivar Iii.
A telegraphed right hand from Saldivar Iii misses the target.
Saldivar Iii looks to land a right hand but Yerly moved out of range.
Saldivar Iii misses with a straight left.
Saldivar Iii misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yerly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saldivar Iii.
No luck for Yerly with that takedown attempt.
Yerly blocks a jab.
Yerly defending well as Saldivar Iii loads up on a big left hand.
Saldivar Iii rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Yerly counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Yerly in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Yerly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yerly tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yerly cracks Saldivar Iii with a big right hand but Saldivar Iii just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Saldivar Iii is rocked!
Yerly scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Saldivar Iii is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Yerly can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cedric Yerly!
Cedric Yerly seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.