PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Up Yours (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Hearns could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Up Yours's chin.

Hearns
vs
Yours

185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thomas Hearns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Up Yours!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yours looks for a takedown but Hearns sprawls well.
Hearns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yours shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hearns slaps away a takedown attempt from Yours, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yours shoots for a double leg takedown but Hearns sprawls well. He's pushed Yours's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas Hearns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Up Yours.
A jab lands there for Hearns.
Yours dodges the punch combination from Hearns.

Yours closes the distance and pushes Hearns back into the cage.
Hearns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yours backwards.
Yours prevents Hearns from breaking the clinch.
Hearns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yours wants a takedown but no success here.
Hearns presses Yours against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Yours pulls guard successfully.
Yours has a closed guard, preventing Hearns from standing up.
Yours looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hearns is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns wants to stand but Yours is controlling his posture from full guard.

Yours working for a triangle but Hearns defends it easily.
Hearns wants to stand and escape but instead Yours has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hearns wants to get back to his feet but Yours is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yours sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hearns's guard.

Yours is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yours trying to mount his opponent but Hearns defends it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yours trying to control the action but Hearns is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yours is looking for a kimura here.
Hearns is not content to let Yours control the position.

Yours is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Yours is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hearns is breathing heavily.

Yours is trying to work for a kimura but Hearns is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yours trying to control from Hearns's half guard. Hearns has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Yours wants to control from the top but Hearns keeps moving.
Yours trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hearns can't keep his opponent in guard - Yours advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Yours is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Hearns is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Up Yours!