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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Yanovich (ranked 3786 p4p, 395 weight class) and Henry Armstrong (ranked 3713 p4p, 388 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bogdan Yanovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Yanovich misses its intended target.
Yanovich misses with a looping left.
Armstrong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yanovich.
Yanovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Armstrong lands a nice shot that snaps Yanovich's head back.
Yanovich throws a hook but Armstrong avoids it easily.
Armstrong falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Yanovich counter with a right hand.
Armstrong misses with a wild body shot.
Yanovich slips a jab and a cross from Armstrong.
Yanovich dodges the punch combination from Armstrong.
Yanovich lands with a right hand.
Armstrong scores with a jab to the body.
Armstrong misses with a few strikes there.
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!
Armstrong takes a swing at Yanovich's ribcage but misses.
Yanovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Armstrong.
A little feinted left hand from Yanovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yanovich is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A lazy left from Yanovich finds it's target.
Armstrong 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.
Armstrong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yanovich clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong wants to break free but Yanovich has control.
Armstrong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yanovich lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Yanovich.
A frustrated look appears on Armstrong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Armstrong tries to break free but Yanovich pushes him back against the cage.
Yanovich scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Henry Armstrong has been cut.
Yanovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Armstrong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yanovich scores with a hook to the body.
Yanovich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yanovich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yanovich clinches up with Armstrong and pushes him back against the cage.
Yanovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Yanovich tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Armstrong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Armstrong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yanovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanovich connects with a crisp jab.
Armstrong misses with a double jab.
Yanovich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Armstrong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yanovich rushes Armstrong and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yanovich keeps control of Armstrong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yanovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yanovich pushes Armstrong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Yanovich.
Armstrong looks winded!
Yanovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armstrong is rocked!
Yanovich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yanovich moves into the clinch.
Armstrong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good body shot from Yanovich.
Armstrong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yanovich lands an uppercut.
Armstrong is still on wobbly legs! Can Yanovich finish him?
Yanovich lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Armstrong.
Nice body punch from Yanovich.
Armstrong seems to have recovered his senses.
Yanovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yanovich instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Yanovich.
Good body shot from Yanovich.
Yanovich cracks Armstrong with a nice body shot.
Yanovich scores with a hook to the body.
Yanovich pushes Armstrong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Yanovich - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanovich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Yanovich manages to break the clinch.
Armstrong gets tackled into the cage by Yanovich. Yanovich maintains the clinch.
Yanovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yanovich is working Armstrong over against the cage.
Armstrong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Yanovich.
Yanovich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yanovich scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Yanovich.
A right hand to the body from Yanovich.
Yanovich digs a right hand underneath Armstrong's ribcage. Armstrong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yanovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yanovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Armstrongs head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Yanovich.
Yanovich breaks from the clinch.
Yanovich moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good exchange - Yanovich coming out on top.
Yanovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Armstrong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henry Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanovich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yanovich instigates a clinch.
Yanovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yanovich lands with a left to the head.
Yanovich cracks Armstrong with a nice body shot.
Yanovich lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yanovich throws a big uppercut that drops Armstrong! More strikes from Yanovich and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Armstrong lies dazed against the cage as Yanovich celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bogdan Yanovich!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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