PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drago Maximov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyril Yamoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamoth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman - Metallica kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cyril Yamoth has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Maximov
vs
Yamoth

182 cm
20
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drago Maximov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cyril Yamoth!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yamoth gets a clinch.
Maximov lands with a right to the head.
Yamoth is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Maximov to keep the fight standing.
Maximov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamoth backwards.
Maximov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yamoth blocks it with crossed arms.
Maximov lands a nice uppercut.

Yamoth jumps guard and drags Maximov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Yamoth is adopting a defensive guard.
Maximov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Maximov wants to get up but he can't break Yamoth's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yamoth looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Maximov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

We're going to have a standup here because Drago Maximov wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Maximov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamoth's calf.
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!

Yamoth scores with a takedown into Maximov's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamoth chips away with some ground and pound.
Maximov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yamoth postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maximov keeping moving, preventing Yamoth from controlling successfully.
Maximov wants to stand and escape but Yamoth is having none of it.
Maximov wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Yamoth is now in half guard.

Yamoth seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Maximov is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Cyril Yamoth!
A very excited looking Cyril Yamoth made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.