PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boris Yamokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamokov comes to the cage accompanied by Every Little Thing Is Gonna Be Alright. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yamokov
vs
Castle

188 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boris Yamokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Castle!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle fails with a takedown attempt.
Castle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamokov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Castle misses with a double jab.
Yamokov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Danga de danga de dang - Castle scores with a four punch combination!

Yamokov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Yamokov stops Castle from standing up.
Yamokov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Castle is being controlled here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamokov lands a nice forearm strike.
A lull in the action here.
Castle takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Yamokov advances nicely into full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle is desperately trying to improve his position but Yamokov has a good base and remains in mount.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yamokov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yamokov working Castle over with strikes here.
Yamokov controlling the pace for now.
Yamokov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Castle hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamokov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Castle looks a forlorn figure.
Yamokov controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Yamokov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yamokov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamokov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castle.

Yamokov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Yamokov not doing much here.
Castle throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castle pushes Yamokov off, looking to escape but Yamokov dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Castle is forced to tap! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Boris Yamokov!