PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Johannes van Bruggen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Johannes van Bruggen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

van Bruggen
vs
Yuskevich

185 cm
23
210 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
224 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yimi Yuskevich!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Bruggen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van Bruggen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yuskevich throws a low kick, looking for van Bruggen's leg but van Bruggen calmly moves out of range.
van Bruggen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yuskevich throws a sloppy head kick and van Bruggen moves out of range easily.
Yuskevich tries a head kick but it misses.
Yuskevich throws a leg kick that misses.
van Bruggen misses with a looping left.

van Bruggen moves into the clinch.

van Bruggen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
van Bruggen is controlling the pace.
Yuskevich is pressing down on van Bruggen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
van Bruggen working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen pushes down on Yuskevich's leg and manages to get into half guard.
van Bruggen misses with a head shot. Yuskevich uses the momentum to regain guard.
van Bruggen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
van Bruggen wants to control from the top but Yuskevich keeps moving.
van Bruggen tries to free his leg and advance position but Yuskevich is retaining full guard.
van Bruggen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Yuskevich had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. van Bruggen defends it easily.
van Bruggen wants to control from the top but Yuskevich keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
van Bruggen scoring with some ground and pound.
van Bruggen preventing the sweep.
van Bruggen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Yuskevich is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. van Bruggen is aware though and is defending well.
van Bruggen throws and elbow that misses. Yuskevich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in van Bruggen's guard. Nice move by Yuskevich!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

van Bruggen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yuskevich doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yuskevich manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
van Bruggen trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen looking to control.
Yuskevich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. van Bruggen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

van Bruggen working for a triangle but Yuskevich defends it easily.
Yuskevich wants to control from the top but van Bruggen keeps moving.
Yuskevich postures up.

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.
van Bruggen keeping full guard, as Yuskevich tries to pass.
Yuskevich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of van Bruggen's head.
Yuskevich trying to control but van Bruggen is working from the bottom.
Yuskevich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van Bruggen trying to control the position.
Yuskevich trying to control but van Bruggen is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van Bruggen moves out of range as Yuskevich throws a body kick.
Yuskevich walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. van Bruggen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yuskevich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yuskevich throws a head kick that misses.
Yuskevich lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen dominated that round.
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.

Some bone on bone action there as van Bruggen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yuskevich throws a low kick but van Bruggen avoids it.
Yuskevich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
van Bruggen throws a lazy right hand but Yuskevich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
van Bruggen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuskevich.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Bruggen throws the left hand but Yuskevich avoids the punch easily.
van Bruggen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

van Bruggen darts in and clinches Yuskevich up against the cage.
Yuskevich drops to a knee looking for a takedown but van Bruggen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
van Bruggen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yuskevich can't break the clinch.
van Bruggen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yuskevich wants to break free but van Bruggen has control.
van Bruggen pushes Yuskevich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from van Bruggen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from van Bruggen.
Yuskevich gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from van Bruggen.
Nice body punch from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen digs a right hand into Yuskevich's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yuskevich's gas tank.
Yuskevich is breathing heavily.
Yuskevich takes a shot to the head.
van Bruggen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
van Bruggen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, van Bruggen scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen works on Yuskevich's body with a couple of short punches.
van Bruggen stalling.
van Bruggen pushes Yuskevich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
van Bruggen lands a body punch in the clinch.
van Bruggen pushes Yuskevich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by van Bruggen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
van Bruggen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yuskevich backwards.
van Bruggen has Yuskevich pushed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands a shot to the body.
A short left from van Bruggen.

van Bruggen is trying to trip Yuskevich. He has hold of a leg but Yuskevich is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. van Bruggen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
van Bruggen wants to control from the top but Yuskevich keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
van Bruggen advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from van Bruggen there.
van Bruggen is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Johannes van Bruggen.
van Bruggen throws a jab but it's blocked by Yuskevich.
van Bruggen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
van Bruggen misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yuskevich throws a leg kick but van Bruggen checks it.
van Bruggen swings for the body but Yuskevich moves out of range.
Yuskevich misses with a double jab
and van Bruggen counters with a nice uppercut.
Yuskevich attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

van Bruggen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
van Bruggen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yuskevich in his tracks.
van Bruggen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Yuskevich.
Yuskevich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
van Bruggen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
van Bruggen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
van Bruggen avoids the head kick by Yuskevich.

van Bruggen gets a takedown into half guard.
van Bruggen throwing shots but Yuskevich is blocking nicely.
Yuskevich on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
van Bruggen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yuskevich tries to get to full guard but van Bruggen has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen is thwarting Yuskevich's attempts to control the position.
Yuskevich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yuskevich tries to roll over but van Bruggen keeps him under control.
van Bruggen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
van Bruggen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
van Bruggen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Yuskevich blocking the ground and pound attempt from van Bruggen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen lands strikes from half guard.
van Bruggen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Well, if van Bruggen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
van Bruggen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
van Bruggen is nestled in close to Yuskevich, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yuskevich wants to improve his position but van Bruggen is controlling well.
Yuskevich is not content to let van Bruggen control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Yimi Yuskevich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
van Bruggen is trying to control the action in half guard but Yuskevich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
van Bruggen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
van Bruggen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
van Bruggen prevents Yuskevich from improving his position.
van Bruggen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
van Bruggen works his way into full mount!
Johannes van Bruggen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen wants to control the pace but Yuskevich is squirming around nicely.
Yuskevich is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yuskevich is squirming around, avoiding van Bruggen's attempts to control the action.
Yuskevich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
van Bruggen landing punches.
van Bruggen controlling the pace for now.
van Bruggen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yuskevich can do to turn this around?
van Bruggen wants to control the pace but Yuskevich is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes van Bruggen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well van Bruggen 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes van Bruggen!