PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaxon Magrath (ranked 160 p4p, 358 weight class) and Toby Keith Yrkje (ranked 22 p4p, 52 weight class). Yrkje has chosen As Good As I Once Was as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Magrath
vs
Yrkje

178 cm
32
174
28 - 9 - 3

187 cm
34
180
30 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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Northern Zombie

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Conviction

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 28 - 9 - 3, fighting out of New York, Jaxon Magrath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby Keith Yrkje!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Magrath misses its intended target.
Yrkje lands a head shot.
Yrkje displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magrath throws out the jab.
Magrath looks to land a body kick but Yrkje moved away.
Yrkje throws a chopping leg kick but Magrath manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yrkje throws a lazy right hand but Magrath sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magrath connects with a right hand. Yrkje shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Yrkje misses the target.
Magrath dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yrkje. That did some damage!
Yrkje throws a low kick but Magrath moves out of range easily.
Magrath half committed to a counter leg kick.
Magrath throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magrath buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yrkje shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Magrath throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magrath jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Yrkje on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yrkje avoids the body shot from Magrath.
Yrkje takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yrkje cracks Magrath with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yrkje lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crunch! Yrkje slams his shin into Magrath's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yrkje throws a leg kick
and Magrath counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yrkje fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Magrath is out of range.
A big right from Yrkje misses.
Magrath takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Toby Keith Yrkje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magrath moves out of range of the body kick from Yrkje.
Yrkje throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Magrath sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Magrath throwing a counter right hand but Yrkje manages to avoid it.
Yrkje lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magrath looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yrkje blocks a jab.
Yrkje lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yrkje throws a lazy right hand but Magrath sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magrath swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Magrath loads up on a big right hand but Yrkje slips the punch.
Yrkje throws a lazy uppercut
and Magrath counters with an outside leg kick.
Yrkje throws a jab when Magrath was well out of range.
Magrath was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yrkje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magrath fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yrkje has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Magrath cracks Yrkje with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yrkje misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magrath uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yrkje.
Magrath was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Magrath throws out a loose jab but Yrkje uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yrkje missing with a left hand there. Magrath was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magrath throwing a counter right hand but Yrkje manages to avoid it.
Yrkje slips under a jab.
Yrkje feints a counter leg kick.
Magrath waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yrkje.
Magrath sets himself, and Yrkje steps forward looking for the clinch! Magrath avoids it this time.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Magrath crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yrkje - the referee stops the clock and Magrath gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yrkje. Magrath manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yrkje throws a push kick but Magrath slaps the foot to one side.
Yrkje is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yrkje throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yrkje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magrath.
Yrkje will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Magrath checks a leg kick nicely.
Yrkje changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Yrkje.
Magrath moves out of range as Yrkje throws a body kick.
Magrath avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Magrath throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yrkje with the inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magrath moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Magrath throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yrkje throws a big shot that misses.
Yrkje looks to land a left hand but Magrath moved out of range nicely.
Yrkje connects with a crisp jab.
Yrkje takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Yrkje.
Magrath on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yrkje. Yrkje obviously looking to wear him down.
Magrath takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Magrath looks to score with a jab to the body but Yrkje is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Magrath misses the target.
Yrkje fails in his attempt to clinch.
A cross from Yrkje lands.
Yrkje paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Magrath comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magrath lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yrkje fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yrkje misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje throws a lazy right hand but Magrath sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magrath checks a leg kick.
Magrath attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Magrath keeps the fight on the outside.
Yrkje stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Magrath.
Magrath on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Magrath.
Yrkje pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yrkje lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Magrath at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Yrkje misses.
A quick step to the side and Magrath tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magrath throws a hook but Yrkje blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yrkje. Magrath does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magrath gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yrkje on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Magrath. Magrath obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magrath moves away from the strike by Yrkje.
Magrath moves out of range of the strikes.
Magrath is looking to counter punch.
Yrkje takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Magrath fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yrkje is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Keith Yrkje dominated that round.
That's time! Magrath's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yrkje defending well as Magrath loads up on a big left hand.
Magrath throws a lazy right hand but Yrkje sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Yrkje misses.
A jab from Magrath misses.
A big left from Magrath misses.
Yrkje goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Magrath might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Yrkje throws out a leg kick but Magrath moves out of range and Yrkje only half commits.
Yrkje explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Yrkje uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magrath.
Magrath looks to land a right hand but Yrkje moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Magrath.
Magrath cracks Yrkje with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Magrath throws a solid leg kick but Yrkje takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Magrath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yrkje avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magrath misses with an uppercut.
Yrkje just misses with a punch to the body.
Yrkje slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Magrath with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yrkje throws a big shot that misses.
Magrath appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Magrath is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yrkje's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Yrkje misses.
Magrath misses the shot to the body.
Magrath tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yrkje scores with a kick to the body.
Yrkje stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Magrath.
Magrath throws a poor cross that misses
and Yrkje counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Magrath uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yrkje.
Yrkje's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yrkje throws out a loose jab but Magrath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yrkje fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Magrath swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Magrath jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Toby Keith Yrkje seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yrkje's corner calls for a 1-2. Yrkje obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Magrath throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yrkje pivots, looking for a leg kick but Magrath is out of range and Yrkje settles back down.
Yrkje fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magrath has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yrkje turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yrkje throws a leg kick
and Magrath counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magrath throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magrath misses with a body kick.
Yrkje slips a jab from Magrath.
Yrkje misses with a shot to the body
and Magrath counters with a good low kick that Yrkje was not able to check.
Yrkje misses with an uppercut. Magrath saw that one coming.
Yrkje is looking to chop away at Magrath's legs.
Magrath swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yrkje tries to clinch up.
Yrkje uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magrath.
A telegraphed right hand from Yrkje misses the target.
Yrkje misses with a kick to the body.
Yrkje throws a low kick but Magrath avoids it.
Magrath slips a jab and a cross from Yrkje.
Magrath checks a leg kick.
Yrkje throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Magrath.
Yrkje moves out of range as Magrath strikes.
Magrath moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yrkje will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Magrath works Yrkje's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Magrath takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Yrkje misses.
Yrkje throws a leg kick
and Magrath counters with a thumping low kick.
Magrath thuds a left hand into Yrkje's body.
Magrath throws a hook to the side of Yrkje's head but Yrkje sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yrkje throws a leg kick but Magrath sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yrkje lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Magrath misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Yrkje counters by clinching up.
Yrkje is trying to pull guard but Magrath has him pressed against the cage.
Yrkje is trying to maintain a safe position but Magrath gets an underhook and turns Yrkje into the cage.
Yrkje tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magrath's elbow.

Yrkje jumps guard.
Yrkje is controlling Magrath's posture.
Yrkje's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magrath preventing the sweep.
Magrath controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yrkje 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Toby Keith Yrkje will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yrkje steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magrath.
Yrkje lands with a hook. Magrath tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yrkje swings away with a body shot that misses
and Magrath counters with a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Magrath checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Magrath looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Magrath misses with an uppercut.
Magrath looks to score with a jab to the body but Yrkje is just out of range.
Yrkje is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yrkje has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Magrath slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick from Yrkje misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yrkje. Magrath shrugs it off though.
Magrath throws a good cross that connects.
Magrath misses with a hook.
Magrath lunges at Yrkje with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yrkje's hand.
Magrath throws a body shot but no joy.
Yrkje misses with a low kick.
Magrath throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yrkje flicks out a counter leg kick but Magrath steps away.
Yrkje moves away from the strike by Magrath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yrkje scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yrkje moves into the clinch.
Magrath tries to circle away but Yrkje has him pinned against the cage.
Yrkje lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yrkje is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Yrkje misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yrkje.
Magrath blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yrkje swings wildly with an uppercut but Magrath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magrath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magrath has a couple of punches blocked by Yrkje.
Yrkje misses with some punches.

Magrath manages to break the clinch.

Yrkje gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yrkje misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magrath misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Magrath breaks the clinch.
Yrkje slips under a jab.
Magrath ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magrath half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje lands a nice looking body shot.
Yrkje rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Magrath counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yrkje swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magrath attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Magrath misses with a straight left.
Yrkje thows a leg kick but Magrath checks it
and Magrath cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Magrath moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yrkje throws a lazy right hand but Magrath sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Yrkje backs away, Magrath returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yrkje thumps Magrath with a low kick.
A low kick lands for Magrath.
Yrkje throws a solid leg kick but Magrath takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yrkje.
Yrkje lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Magrath staying out of range there.
Yrkje looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circling - Magrath throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Yrkje was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yrkje misses with a jab to the body
letting Magrath counter with a right hand.
A nice leg kick from Magrath, right into the meat of the thigh.
Magrath swats away the attempt to clinch by Yrkje.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje tries a low kick but Magrath avoids it.
Magrath misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab by Magrath.
Yrkje tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magrath paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Magrath clobbers Yrkje with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Magrath misses the shot to the body.
Magrath thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magrath scores with a jab.
Magrath looks to throw the jab but Yrkje is out of range.
Yrkje explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Magrath slips a jab from Yrkje.
Magrath will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice defenses there by Yrkje.
Yrkje throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Magrath looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Magrath jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magrath misses with a looping left.
Yrkje dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Magrath. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Magrath misses.
Magrath throws a leg kick that misses.
Yrkje lands with a straight right. Magrath didn't see that one coming.
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!
Yrkje steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magrath.
Yrkje scores with a decent looking hook.
Yrkje slips a jab from Magrath.
Good work by Magrath as he checks the leg kick.
Magrath takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yrkje throws a body punch but Magrath moves out of range.
Magrath throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Magrath misses.
Yrkje swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yrkje tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yrkje misses with a hook.
Yrkje takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Magrath misses with a straight right.
Jaxon Magrath has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toby Keith Yrkje is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Magrath throws a leg kick but Yrkje sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jaxon Magrath.
Well Yrkje has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toby Keith Yrkje!
Toby Keith Yrkje seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.