PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhammad Slayan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muhammad Slayan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Yang
vs
Slayan

173 cm
20
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

225 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Muhammad Slayan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slayan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Yang forces Slayan back against the cage and clinches.
Yang could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Slayan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Slayan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yang pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yang is trying to break the clinch but Slayan has him pressed against the cage.
Yang keeps control of Slayan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slayan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Slayan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Slayan wants a takedown.
Juan Yang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhammad Slayan.
Slayan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yang up against the cage.
Slayan tries to break free but Yang pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayan is trying to break free.
Yang is trying to break the clinch but Slayan is controlling him.
Slayan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yang's efforts to push away.

Yang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Slayan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Slayan clinches up against the cage.
Slayan keeps control of Yang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Slayan misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Slayan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yang smiles and moves away.
Slayan misses with a body kick.
Yang appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Slayan lands with a nice body punch.

Slayan gets tackled into the cage by Yang. Yang maintains the clinch.
Yang can't break the clinch.
Slayan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yang has him pressed against the cage.
Yang working hard to break the clinch.
Slayan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yang just stands there and leans against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Slayan.
Yang throws a head punch that misses.
Slayan stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayan is trying to pull guard but Yang has him pressed against the cage.

Yang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Slayan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slayan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Yang counters with a nice uppercut.
Slayan misses with the body kick
and Yang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Slayan with a poor takedown
and Yang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yang avoids the head kick by Slayan.
An attempted straight right counter from Yang misses the target.
Slayan looks winded!
Slayan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yang is fending him off so far but Slayan persists. Nope, Yang circles away and we're back to standing.
It looked like Yang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Slayan.
Yang tries to clinch up but Slayan circles away and keeps his distance.

Yang clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayan tries a knee to the head but Yang blocks it.
Yang blocks an elbow strike from Slayan.

Yang breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yang wants to get back to striking at distance but Slayan won't allow it.
Slayan prevents Yang from breaking the clinch.

Yang breaks from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Yang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Yang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slayan misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Yang dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Slayan shoots and misses
and Yang counters with a good, hard body kick but Slayan shrugs it off.
Muhammad Slayan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slayan throws a wild body kick that Yang sees coming a mile off.

Yang gets tackled into the cage by Slayan. Slayan maintains the clinch.
Slayan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yang walks away with a smile on his face. Slayan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Slayan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Juan Yang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhammad Slayan.
Slayan tries for a takedown but Yang circles away easily
and Yang counters with a good low kick that Slayan was not able to check.
Slayan shoots in looking for a takedown. Yang tries to sprawl out of it but Slayan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yang manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Slayan is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slayan swats away the attempt to clinch by Yang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Yang decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Slayan wants to get back to full guard but Yang has passed into side control.
Yang cracks Slayan with a big right hand but Slayan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yang working away.
Yang postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yang tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slayan can do to turn this around?
Yang scores with a couple of short elbows.
Slayan wants to control but Yang postures up.
Yang is chipping away with strikes.
Slayan trying his best to control but Yang has mounted him.
Yang raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slayan working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang dominating with strikes here.
Slayan is bucking up trying to escape but Yang cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yang throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Slayan tries to reverse the position but Yang maintains control.
Yang is landing with some decent strikes but Slayan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayan wants to get back to his feet.
Slayan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slayan wants to control but Yang is having none of it.
Yang looking to control but Slayan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slayan tries to lock up and control but Yang gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Yang dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Slayan misses with a combination
and Yang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Slayan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Slayan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Yang tries to keep at a distance but Slayan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yang missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yang working hard to break the clinch.
Slayan tries to circle away but Yang has him pinned against the cage.
Slayan is working for takedown but Yang is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayan is trying to force a seperation but Yang has the dominant position.

Yang breaks from the clinch.

Slayan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Slayan is trying to break the clinch but Yang is controlling him.
Slayan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yang tries to break free but Slayan pushes him back against the cage.

Yang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice takedown defense from Yang. No joy for Slayan on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yang has managed to clinch.
Yang is trying to break free.
Yang is trying to break the clinch but Slayan has him pressed against the cage.
Slayan is working for takedown but Yang is calmly controlling the position for now.
Juan Yang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhammad Slayan.
Slayan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Slayan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Slayan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yang is keeping busy.

Yang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Slayan has taken the fight to the clinch.

Yang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slayan.

Slayan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Yang breaks from the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Slayan.
Muhammad Slayan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slayan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Yang counters with a solid body kick.
Yang fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Slayan is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slayan tries for a takedown but Yang manages to get underhooks.
Yang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slayan has him pressed against the cage.
Slayan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yang avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Yang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slayan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yang as he avoids it easily.
Slayan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromYang.
Juan Yang is winning the standup battle so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Yang pushes Slayan up against the cage in a clinch.

Yang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muhammad Slayan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Yang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Yang has taken the fight to the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Yang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yang 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Yang!