PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yvon Yeva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yvon Yeva had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Yeva
vs
Castle

191 cm
21
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yvon Yeva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castle moves into the clinch.
Yeva working hard to break the clinch.

Yeva manages to break the clinch.
Yeva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yeva swinging wildly here.
Yeva misses with a double jab.
Yeva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeva swinging wildly here.

Yeva tries to sprawl but Castle drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeva tries to kick Castle off but Castle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Castle stalling.
Castle is trying to control the action in half guard but Yeva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle controlling the pace.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Frank Castle wasn't active enough on the ground.
Yeva misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Castle.
Castle tries to clinch but Yeva is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Yeva. Those never looked like landing.
Castle misses with a head kick.
Castle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yeva throws a right and a left that Castle avoids nicely.
Castle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yeva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeva looks to land a combination. Castle sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yeva misses with a series of wild punches.

Castle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Yeva is defending against the submission attempts here by Castle.
Castle is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle throws a strike but Yeva avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Castle trying to control but Yeva is working from the bottom.
Castle won't allow Yeva to get back to his feet.
Yeva keeping moving, preventing Castle from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Frank Castle has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Yeva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yeva throws a sloppy head kick and Castle moves out of range easily.
Yeva throws a head kick that misses.
Yeva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Castle back to the cage. Yeva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Yeva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yeva misses with a series of wild punches.
Yeva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Castle in his tracks.
Castle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yvon Yeva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yeva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yeva duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yeva looks to land a combination but Castle avoids it well.
Yeva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yeva is breathing heavily.
Castle looks for a takedown but Yeva sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Castle will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yeva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Castle counters with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Yeva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yeva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Castle counters with a three punch combo that has Yeva backing up. Yeva nods at Castle to acknowledge the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Castle. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Yeva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yeva misses with a few strikes there.
Yeva misses with a head kick.
Yeva fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Yeva.
Yeva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Yvon Yeva has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castle throws a nice looking combination but Yeva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Castle shoots in but Yeva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeva throws a head kick but Castle moves out of range.

A head kick lands from Castle that sends Yeva to the canvas. Yeva tries to scramble back to his feet but Castle brings him back down into side control.

Castle decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Castle shoots for a takedown but Yeva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yeva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castle.
Castle throws a series of punches but Yeva moves out of range.
Yeva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castle has a takedown stuffed.
Yvon Yeva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Castle.
Yeva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yeva duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yeva swats away the attempt to clinch by Castle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Yeva does no damage.
Yeva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yeva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yeva cracks Castle with a good jab.
Yeva stalks Castle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Castle's face. Castle staggers backwards, shaken.
Yeva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yeva misses with a wild combination.
No luck for Castle with that takedown attempt.
Castle avoids the head kick by Yeva.
Castle wants to clinch up but Yeva keeps it at a distance.
Yeva slaps away a takedown attempt from Castle, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yeva throws a right and a left that Castle avoids nicely.
Castle throws a sloppy head kick and Yeva moves out of range easily.
Castle drops his hands momentarily and Yeva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yeva lands a jab-cross combination.
Yeva throws a right and a left that Castle avoids nicely.
Yeva swats away the attempt to clinch by Castle.
Yeva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Castle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yeva to score with a decent uppercut.
Castle shoots for a takedown but Yeva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Castle misses with a takedown attempt - Yeva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yeva misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeva misses with a hook.
Yeva lands a head kick. Castle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yeva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castle counters with a leg kick.
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!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Castle.
Yeva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Castle throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yeva's waist but Yeva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Castle off to one side.
Castle looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yeva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yeva.
Yeva stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Castle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yvon Yeva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Castle throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yeva was covering up waiting for the punch and Castle finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Yeva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Castle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Castle gets to his feet. Yeva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Castle scores with a head kick. Yeva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Castle takes a jab right on the kisser.

Castle drives through with a takedown into Yeva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castle engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castle stops Yeva from standing up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Castle wants to control from the top but Yeva keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Frank Castle was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Castle fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeva scores with a three punch combo!
Sloppy strikes from Yeva. Those never looked like landing.
Castle tries to clinch but Yeva is having none of it.
Yeva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yeva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Castle shoots in for a takedown but Yeva shows good takedown defense.
Yvon Yeva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castle wants to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Yeva.
Castle takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Yeva both land. Nice combination.
Yeva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castle shoots in for a takedown but Yeva shows good takedown defense.
Yvon Yeva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Castle.
Yeva throws a head kick but Castle moves out of range.
Yeva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Castle shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yeva sprawls well. Yeva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Castle gets slowly back to his feet.
Yeva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Castle moves forwards but Yeva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yvon Yeva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yeva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yeva misses with a double jab.
Yeva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yeva wants it to stay on the feet.
Yeva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Castle or perhaps it was just good defense by Yeva which made him look bad.
Yvon Yeva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yeva misses with a double jab.
Yeva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yeva throws a jab when Castle was well out of range.
Yeva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yeva scores with the left hand. Castle knows he should have avoided that one.

Castle feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castle is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castle looking to sit in guard and control but Yeva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Castle.
I've got Castle winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Frank Castle!