PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otto Fibonacci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fibonacci kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Con te partiro. Will Yu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fibonacci
vs
Yu

182 cm
26
197 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
187 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto Fibonacci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Will Yu!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu scores with a shot to the body.
Fibonacci throws a hook but Yu blocks it.
Yu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yu misses with a body shot.
Fibonacci misses with a left hand
and Fibonacci takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Will Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fibonacci looks to throw the jab but Yu is out of range.
Fibonacci has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fibonacci misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Yu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A quick step to the side and Fibonacci tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fibonacci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yu.
Fibonacci ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yu moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yu throws a lazy right hand but Fibonacci sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fibonacci manages to avoid it.
Yu shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fibonacci counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fibonacci.
Fibonacci swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yu misses with a left hand
and Fibonacci counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fibonacci eats them both and turns towards Yu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Yu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fibonacci counters with a stiff right hand.
Fibonacci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yu.
Fibonacci needs to keep his hands up - Yu had a free shot at his head there.
Yu cracks Fibonacci with a good jab.
Fibonacci dips to his left and cracks Yu with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fibonacci. Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fibonacci misses with a lunging right hand
and Yu counters with a left and a right that stings Fibonacci.
Fibonacci swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yu has Fibonacci up against the cage in a clinch.
Fibonacci tries a body shot but Yu blocks it.
Fibonacci is pushing Yu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from Fibonacci on the inside.
Fibonacci blocking some punches.
Yu looking to slow down the pace here.
Fibonacci can't break the clinch.
Fibonacci wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fibonacci tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yu's elbow.

Fibonacci manages to break the clinch.
Yu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fibonacci throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yu on the side of the head.
Fibonacci looks to score with a jab to the body but Yu is just out of range.
Fibonacci pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yu feints the counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fibonacci. Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fibonacci misses with a hook.
A big right from Yu misses.
Fibonacci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yu.
Yu tries to clinch but Fibonacci is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Fibonacci on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yu misses the body punch
and Fibonacci counters with a stiff right hand.
Yu misses with a straight left.
Yu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fibonacci.
Fibonacci doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fibonacci moves away from the strike by Yu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu tries to clinch there but Fibonacci circles away.
A quick step to the side and Fibonacci tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yu misses with a wild combination.
Fibonacci avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yu misses with a wild body shot.
Yu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fibonacci on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yu has Fibonacci up against the cage in a clinch.
Yu stalling.

Yu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fibonacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yu throws out the jab.
Fibonacci is looking to counter punch.
Yu misses with a double jab.
Fibonacci is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Yu sizes up Fibonacci with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Yu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fibonacci swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yu shoots in for a takedown but Fibonacci shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Yu.
Fibonacci stuffs the takedown.
Nice defenses there by Yu.
Yu throws a jab but it's blocked by Fibonacci.
Yu lands a slapping body shot.

Yu closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fibonacci to the mat! Fibonacci manages to get full guard.
Yu is standing up over Fibonacci. Fibonacci looks to escape but Yu dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fibonacci knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yu on the ground.

Yu decides to stand back up. Yu steps back and let's Fibonacci get back to his feet.
Fibonacci throws a lazy right hand but Yu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu throws a good cross that connects.
A combination from Yu does no damage.
Yu moves away from the strike by Fibonacci.
Yu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fibonacci throws out the jab.
Fibonacci moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fibonacci. Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fibonacci counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Will Yu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fibonacci as he avoids it easily.
Otto Fibonacci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Yu.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yu or perhaps it was just good defense by Fibonacci, which made it look bad.
Fibonacci is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fibonacci.
Fibonacci misses the jab.
Yu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fibonacci takes a swing at Yu's ribcage but misses.
Yu misses with a takedown
enabling Fibonacci to counter with a crisp jab.
Yu misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yu slips under a jab.
A jab from Fibonacci misses.
Yu scores with a shot to the body.
Fibonacci bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu darts in trying to clinch
and Fibonacci counters with a right hand to the body.
Fibonacci scores with a jab. Yu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yu with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fibonacci counters with a stiff right hand.
Yu throws out a loose jab but Fibonacci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu fails to land with a series of punches.
Fibonacci is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fibonacci circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Fibonacci counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fibonacci counters with a nice uppercut.
Will Yu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yu takes a swing at Fibonacci's ribcage but misses.
Fibonacci throws a nice looking combination but Yu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A right-left combo lands from Yu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fibonacci misses with the combination.
Fibonacci throws a shot to the body.
Yu jabs at Fibonacci's body.
Yu misses the shot to the body.
Fibonacci was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
No joy there for Yu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Fibonacci dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yu throws a series of punches but Fibonacci moves out of range.
Yu misses with a series of wild punches.
Yu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fibonacci is fending him off so far but Yu persists. Nope, Fibonacci circles away and we're back to standing.

Yu darts in and clinches Fibonacci up against the cage.
Fibonacci is pressed up against the cage. Yu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fibonacci down to the mat. Fibonacci avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fibonacci throwing a counter right hand but Yu manages to avoid it.
Fibonacci misses with an uppercut.
Fibonacci staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yu misses with a hook.
Yu misses with an uppercut
and Fibonacci connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Fibonacci misses its intended target.
A jab from Fibonacci misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fibonacci uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yu.
Fibonacci doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Fibonacci.
Fibonacci misses with a body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Fibonacci. No joy for Yu on that attempt.
Otto Fibonacci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Yu.
Fibonacci misses with an uppercut
and Yu counters with a two punch combo.
Yu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fibonacci counters with a nice uppercut.
Yu looks to land a right hand but Fibonacci moved out of range.
Fibonacci swings for the body but Yu moves out of range.
Fibonacci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Fibonacci misses.
Otto Fibonacci is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fibonacci misses with a looping left.
Yu lands a nice hook to Fibonacci's body. Fibonacci takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yu shoots in and drives through. Fibonacci sprawls well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Fibonacci misses.
Yu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fibonacci fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yu is defended easily by Fibonacci.
Yu is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu loads up on a big right hand but Fibonacci slips the punch.
Fibonacci misses with a series of wild punches.
Fibonacci throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yu! But no joy.

Yu pushes Fibonacci up against the cage in a clinch.
Yu wants a takedown.

Yu is trying to trip Fibonacci. He has hold of a leg but Fibonacci is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Yu persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fibonacci wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Yu manages to pass to side control.

Fibonacci kicks Yu off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu with a poor takedown
and Fibonacci counters with a stiff right hand.
Yu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fibonacci throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yu changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu staying out of range there.
Fibonacci fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yu manages to avoid it.
Yu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yu moves out of range of the strikes.
Fibonacci with a hook.
Yu misses with a takedown attempt
and Fibonacci counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fibonacci manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fibonacci throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yu falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Fibonacci to counter with a crisp jab.
Yu misses with an uppercut
and Fibonacci counters with a series of strikes. Yu will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto Fibonacci showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fibonacci 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 David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto Fibonacci!
Otto Fibonacci bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Will Yu spoke after the fight, saying 'Y U no win ? U no better ?'.