PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fight For Your Right To Party. Adam Yauch has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Don Julio's chin.

Julio
vs
Yauch

186 cm
29
176 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

184 cm
30
179 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Don Julio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Yauch!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Roberts and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yauch loads up on a big right hand but Julio slips the punch.
Yauch motions for Julio to come forward. Yauch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Julio appears to be looking for a big counter.
Adam Yauch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yauch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yauch doesn't manage to clinch there - Julio circles away.
Yauch tries to move into range but Julio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Julio throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Yauch misses.
Yauch tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Julio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - Yauch coming out on top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yauch.
Yauch tests Julio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Julio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yauch.
Some wild striking there from Yauch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yauch slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Julio.
Julio defending well as Yauch loads up on a big left hand.
Julio thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jab from Julio.
Julio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yauch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yauch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Julio throws a nice head kick!
Julio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yauch throws a hook but Julio avoids it easily.
Julio appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Julio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yauch misses with a shot to the body
and Julio counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Julio swats away the attempt to clinch by Yauch.
Julio throwing a counter right hand but Yauch manages to avoid it.
Yauch moves out of range as Julio throws a body kick.
Yauch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Julio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yauch misses with a left hand
and Julio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yauch takes a swing at Julio's ribcage but misses.
Yauch slips a jab and a cross from Julio.
Julio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yauch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yauch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Julio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julio quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Julio tries to bum rush Yauch with a series of wild strikes but Yauch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yauch throws a jab when Julio was well out of range.
Julio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yauch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yauch swings away with a body shot that misses
and Julio counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio swinging wildly here.
Yauch steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Julio. That one must have hurt.
Yauch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Julio throws a quick counter kick to the body but Yauch avoids it.
Julio seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Yauch misses the shot to the body.
Julio misses the shot to the body.
Julio misses with a kick to the body.
Yauch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Julio.
Julio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yauch was well out of range. Poor timing from Julio.
Yauch has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Julio.
Yauch lands a leg kick that knocks Julio off balance momentarily.
Julio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yauch.
Yauch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yauch throws out the jab.
Julio lands with a kick to the temple. Yauch shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yauch has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Julio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yauch doesn't seem bothered though.
Julio misses with a body kick.
Julio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Julio, right into the meat.
Yauch works Julio's body with a nice hook.
Yauch looks to land a left hand but Julio moved out of range nicely.
Julio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yauch stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Julio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yauch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Julio.
Yauch takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Julio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Julio lands a two punch combo.
Julio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yauch.
Yauch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Julio misses with a series of wild punches.
Yauch avoids the head kick by Julio.
Yauch appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yauch looks to land a left hand but Julio moved out of range nicely.
Julio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Julio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Julio looks for the body kick but Yauch saw that one coming.
Yauch unleashes a big counter combination but Julio bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Don Julio is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julio lands with a nice body kick.
Yauch throws a big shot that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Julio as he connects with a hook.
Yauch throws a hook but Julio avoids it easily.
Julio dodges the punch combination from Yauch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Julio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Julio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio looks to score with a jab to the body but Yauch is just out of range.
Yauch lands a head kick. Julio smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick misses from Julio.
Julio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yauch misses with a body shot.
A big left from Yauch misses.
Julio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Julio is rocked!
Julio moves out of range of the leg kick from Yauch.
Oh Julio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Julio scores with a hook.
Julio seems to have got his legs back now.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Julio, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yauch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And Julio counters with a quick kick to the body but Yauch blocks it.
Yauch misses with a combination
and Julio counters with a nice kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yauch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Julio is able to avoid easily.
Julio blocks a jab.
Julio cracks Yauch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yauch throws a lazy head kick
and Julio counters with a body kick that stops Yauch in his tracks momentarily.
Yauch misses with a body shot
and Julio counters with a straight right hand.
Julio tries a head kick but it misses.
Julio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yauch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Julio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yauch is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Julio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yauch.
Julio slips a straight right by Yauch.
A counter left hand to the body from Julio misses its target.
Julio ducks under a wild hook from Yauch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch ducks right into an uppercut from Julio.
Julio lands with an uppercut that bounces Yauch off the cage and back into range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Yauch might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Julio has got the better of the exchanges.
Julio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yauch slips under a jab from Julio.
A head kick misses from Yauch.
Yauch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Julio moves out of range of the strikes.
Julio misses with a leg kick
and Yauch counters with a head kick.
Yauch throws a hook but Julio avoids it easily.
Yauch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Julio lands with a straight right. Yauch didn't see that one coming.
Yauch works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Julio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yauch can do to turn this around?
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!
Julio throws a right and a left that Yauch avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Yauch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yauch throws out a loose jab but Julio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yauch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Julio.
Julio connects with a jab.
Yauch throws a head kick that misses.
Julio is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Julio misses with a looping left.
Yauch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Julio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Julio catches Yauch with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Julio lands a nice shot to the body.
Julio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Julio scores with a hook.
Yauch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Julio manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Julio misses the target.
Julio scores with a jab to the jaw.
Julio throws a nice looking combination but Yauch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Julio dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Yauch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Julio.
Yauch works Julio's body with a nice hook.
Julio keeps Yauch at a distance using the push kick.
A nice combination there by Julio.
Yauch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yauch throws the left hand but Julio avoids the punch easily.
Yauch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Julio counters with a stiff right hand.
Yauch misses with an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Julio scores with a nice right hand.
Julio lands a glancing blow to the side of Yauch's head.
Yauch throws a head kick but Julio moves out of range.
Yauch walks into a stiff left hand from Julio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yauch takes a swing at Julio's ribcage but misses.
Yauch takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch moves away from the strike by Julio.
Julio misses with a head kick.
Julio throws a leg kick which misses Yauch's front leg but catches the back leg as Yauch tries to avoid it.
Yauch wants to clinch
and Yauch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yauch swings for the body but Julio moves out of range.
Yauch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Julio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Julio.
Yauch throws a predictable looking body shot
and Julio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yauch has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Julio.
Julio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Julio moves out of range of the strikes.
Julio fakes the leg kick and cracks Yauch in the body.
Yauch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yauch takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Julio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Julio was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Julio defending well as Yauch loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Julio lands a jab to the nose.
Julio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yauch will feel that in the morning.
Julio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Julio ducks under a wild hook from Yauch.
Yauch misses with a looping right.
Julio scores with a head kick.
Julio connects with a solid leg kick.
Julio digs a good body shot into Yauch's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch throws a solid leg kick but Julio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yauch.
No joy there for Yauch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Julio is looking to counter punch.
Yauch has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Julio looks to land a body kick but Yauch moved away.
Yauch is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Julio throws a series of punches but Yauch avoids them all with ease.
Yauch moves away from the strike by Julio.
Julio catches Yauch with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Julio throws a head kick but Yauch moves out of range.
Yauch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
No joy there for Yauch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Julio went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yauch jabs Julio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Julio slips a straight right by Yauch.
Adam Yauch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yauch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Julio checks it well.
Julio lands with a kick to the temple. Yauch shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Julio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Julio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Yauch misses.
Yauch blocks a jab.
Julio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yauch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Julio counters with a straight right hand.
Yauch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Julio thinks about countering with a body kick.
Yauch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yauch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yauch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Julio manages to avoid it.
Julio lands a jab to the head.
Don Julio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Julio.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Julio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Julio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Julio!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Don Julio waved his t-shirt featuring Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)'s logo in front of the cameras.