PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis Rasic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Yakovlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Yakovlev has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Denis Rasic's chin.

Rasic
vs
Yakovlev

170 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Denis Rasic!
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, Sergei Yakovlev!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rasic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Yakovlev is trying to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Rasic's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rasic scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rasic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rasic moves into full mount!

Rasic looking to secure an arm triangle but Yakovlev defends it well.
Yakovlev takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rasic landing strikes from the mount.
Rasic with shots to the head and body - Yakovlev looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasic dominating with strikes here.
Rasic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yakovlev is looking to escape.
Yakovlev is trying to stand up.
Yakovlev in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Sergei Yakovlev has been cut.
Yakovlev is bucking up trying to escape but Rasic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yakovlev looks gassed!
Rasic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rasic punishing his opponent with strikes.

Yakovlev is rocked!
Rasic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rasic scoring with strikes but Yakovlev is staying in there.
Yakovlev is still in real trouble! Can Rasic finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasic lands a nice shot to the head.
Rasic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yakovlev hang on?
Yakovlev wants to try and get back to his feet.
Yakovlev seems to have recovered his senses.
Rasic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yakovlev?
Rasic cracks Yakovlev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rasic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rasic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yakovlev looks a forlorn figure.
Rasic lands a big shot there that rocks Yakovlev but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rasic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yakovlev can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Rasic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Rasic.
Rasic looking to finish Yakovlev with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yakovlev!
Rasic with shots to the head and body - Yakovlev looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rasic dominating with strikes here.
Yakovlev takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rasic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rasic wants to control the pace but Yakovlev is squirming around nicely.
Rasic cracks Yakovlev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasic scoring with strikes but Yakovlev is staying in there.
Rasic breaks from Yakovlev's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rasic landing strikes from the mount.
Rasic dominating with strikes here.
Rasic scoring with strikes but Yakovlev is staying in there.
Rasic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yakovlev?
Rasic working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rasic controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denis Rasic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergei Yakovlev's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rasic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rasic is in close to Yakovlev's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yakovlev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rasic advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Rasic there.
Rasic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rasic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yakovlev can do to turn this around?
Rasic stops Yakovlev from getting back to his feet.
Yakovlev is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rasic scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rasic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yakovlev with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yakovlev taking some punishment here, with Rasic in his half guard.
Yakovlev is in trouble now - Rasic has advanced to mount!
Rasic connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rasic lands a nice shot to the head.
Rasic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rasic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Denis Rasic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rasic raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rasic has isolated one of Yakovlev's arms. Yakovlev looking to fight him off but Rasic twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Denis Rasic!