PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hojo Yoijimbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigory Stensky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoijimbo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants. Stensky is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by GORBACHOV. Grigory Stensky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yoijimbo
vs
Stensky

170 cm
22
280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
30
250 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hojo Yoijimbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grigory Stensky!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoijimbo closes the distance and clinches.
Yoijimbo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yoijimbo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stensky up against the cage.
Yoijimbo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stensky tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoijimbo avoids the damage to the body.
Stensky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stensky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoijimbo avoiding damage as Stensky throws knees to the body.
Yoijimbo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yoijimbo lands a damaging elbow.
Stensky takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Grigory Stensky has been cut.
Stensky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yoijimbo avoiding damage as Stensky throws knees to the body.
Stensky is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yoijimbo lands an elbow inside that Stensky shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoijimbo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stensky has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yoijimbo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stensky goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stensky pushes off an throws an elbow but Yoijimbo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yoijimbo lands a damaging elbow.
Yoijimbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stensky.
Yoijimbo lands a nice elbow.
Stensky has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yoijimbo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yoijimbo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stensky looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yoijimbo lands an elbow just above Stensky 's eye.
Yoijimbo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stalling in the clinch from Yoijimbo.
Yoijimbo with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoijimbo.

Stensky is rocked!
The fighters are battling for dominant position up against the cage here. Yoijimbo manages to get control of his opponent's head and throws a big knee - Stensky drops to the canvas! He's done! Yoijimbo goes wild and celebrates with his corner - this is a big victory for him and to get the win in such devastating fashion will certainly boost his reputation amongst the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Hojo Yoijimbo!
An out of breath Hojo Yoijimbo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.