PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Yarrod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Waters looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Waters
vs
Yarrod

180 cm
25
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

HITME! Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Yarrod!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yarrod fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Waters, pushing him back against the cage.
Yarrod has Waters pressed against the cage, preventing Waters from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Yarrod breaks from the clinch.
Waters tries to close the distance and clinch but Yarrod swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yarrod throws a right hand that Waters ducks under and follows up with a left that Waters also avoids with ease.
Yarrod throws a leg kick but Waters moved away.
Yarrod tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Waters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yarrod swats away the attempt to clinch by Waters.
Yarrod stalks Waters and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Waters's face. Waters staggers backwards, shaken.
Waters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yarrod tries to clinch up.

Waters darts in and clinches Yarrod up against the cage.
Waters misses with a body punch.

Yarrod pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waters swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters looks to land a combination but Yarrod avoids it well.
Waters is breathing heavily.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Waters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Waters is looking to clinch but Yarrod is avoiding it.
Waters keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yarrod has had enough of the clinch but Waters keeps him there for the moment.

Yarrod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yarrod moves into range and clinches up with Waters.
Waters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yarrod's efforts to push away.
Yarrod is trying to break the clinch but Waters is controlling him.
Yarrod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Waters backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yarrod pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Waters misses with an uppercut. Yarrod saw that one coming.
Waters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Waters gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Yarrod closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Yarrod breaks from the clinch.
Waters swinging wildly here.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Waters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Waters has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yarrod counters with a one-two to the body.
Waters throws a lazy right hand but Yarrod sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waters takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarrod throws a wild body kick that Waters sees coming a mile off.

Yarrod clinches up with Waters and pushes him back against the cage.
Yarrod swings wildly with an uppercut but Waters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yarrod has had enough of the clinch but Waters keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Yarrod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yarrod scores with a three punch combo!
Yarrod throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Waters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yarrod forces Waters back against the cage and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yarrod.
Waters is trying to push Yarrod away but Yarrod has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yarrod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Waters's efforts to push away.
Waters looking to slow down the pace here.
Yarrod works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Waters is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yarrod tries to circle away but Waters has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil Yarrod dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yarrod is looking to clinch but Waters is avoiding it.

Yarrod has closed the distance and engaged Waters in a clinch.
A short right from Yarrod.

Yarrod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Neil Yarrod seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yarrod is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Waters tries to keep at a distance but Yarrod has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yarrod throws a punch but it's blocked by Waters.
Waters looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yarrod throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yarrod.
Yarrod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Waters backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters lands a nice uppercut.
Waters is trying to force a seperation but Yarrod has the dominant position.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yarrod fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Waters is trying to maintain a safe position but Yarrod gets an underhook and turns Waters into the cage.
Waters has Yarrod pressed against the cage, preventing Yarrod from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Yarrod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yarrod scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Waters doesn't seem bothered though.
Yarrod thuds a left hand into Waters's body.
Waters takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yarrod is looking to clinch.
Yarrod jabs at Waters's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yarrod has Waters up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yarrod wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Waters has him pressed against the cage.

Yarrod manages to break the clinch.
Yarrod scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Yarrod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yarrod moves in looking to clinch but Waters pushes him off.
Waters throws a right hand that Yarrod ducks under and follows up with a left that Yarrod also avoids with ease.
Yarrod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yarrod avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yarrod tries to clinch there but Waters circles away.

Yarrod pushes Waters up against the cage in a clinch.

Yarrod pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yarrod.
Nice body punch from Yarrod.
Yarrod lands an overhand right.

Waters gets tackled into the cage by Yarrod. Yarrod maintains the clinch.
Yarrod wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yarrod lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yarrod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yarrod wants to break free but Waters has control.
Waters has a couple of punches blocked by Yarrod.
Yarrod prevents a body shot from Waters.

Yarrod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarrod tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Waters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yarrod misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yarrod tries to clinch but Waters is having none of it.
Yarrod looks to land a combination. Waters sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Neil Yarrod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yarrod is looking to clinch.
Waters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yarrod counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Yarrod instigates a clinch.
Yarrod is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yarrod lands with a light punch inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters keeps control of Yarrod as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yarrod lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil Yarrod showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch but Waters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yarrod tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Waters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Yarrod.
Waters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Yarrod clinches up with Waters and pushes him back against the cage.

Yarrod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yarrod works over Waters's head and body with a nice combination.

Waters is rocked!
Waters ducks into an uppercut from Yarrod and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Neil Yarrod!