PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Blachovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blachovich comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Blachovich
vs
Yuskevich

188 cm
29
210 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

186 cm
30
224 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Blachovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yimi Yuskevich!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blachovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yuskevich.
Good shot there by Yuskevich.
Yuskevich lands with a cross.
Blachovich misses with an uppercut.
Yuskevich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blachovich.
Blachovich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blachovich feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yuskevich's calf.
Blachovich throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yuskevich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Blachovich swinging wildly here.
Blachovich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yuskevich has time to react.
Yuskevich lands the left hand.
Yuskevich misses the shot to the body.
Yuskevich ducks under a wild hook from Blachovich.
Yimi Yuskevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blachovich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yuskevich just misses with a punch to the body.
Blachovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuskevich lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yuskevich fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Blachovich to the ground. Yuskevich is now in Blachovich's guard.
Yuskevich throwing strikes from guard but Blachovich blocks nicely.
Yuskevich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yuskevich throws a big elbow that misses.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Blachovich holds on and takes a little breather.

Blachovich looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Yuskevich has picked Blachovich up and slammed him! Blachovich can't keep hold of the triangle and Yuskevich manages to pass to side control!
Yuskevich working away.
Yuskevich fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yuskevich misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yuskevich gets to mount! Blachovich was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich trying to control but Blachovich is having none of it.
Yuskevich looking to control and managing it successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blachovich is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yuskevich putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blachovich can't escape the position.
Yuskevich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Blachovich is in a horrible position here. Yuskevich smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yuskevich scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Blachovich?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich avoids the attempt from Blachovich to control.
The referee warns Blachovich that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yuskevich lands a heavy elbow.
Blachovich working to try and regain half guard.
Yuskevich wants to control the pace but Blachovich is squirming around nicely.
Yuskevich unloading with bombs!

Blachovich is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yuskevich lands a big elbow - Blachovich is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Blachovich is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yimi Yuskevich!
A very excited looking Yimi Yuskevich made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.