PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yin Yoomanella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Smith
vs
Yoomanella

198 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bob Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yin Yoomanella!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoomanella misses with the combination.
Yoomanella throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoomanella.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yoomanella.
Sloppy strikes from Yoomanella. Those never looked like landing.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yoomanella manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Smith gets a takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Smith blocks the strikes from Yoomanella.

Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Smith trying to control from half guard but Yoomanella is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoomanella is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yoomanella keeps working.
Smith works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoomanella misses with a strike from the bottom.
Yoomanella gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Yoomanella throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Yoomanella misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yoomanella is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yoomanella on the ground.
Yoomanella looks winded!
Smith blocks the strikes from Yoomanella.
Smith stalling.
Yoomanella misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith works his foot free and advances to mount.
Smith looking to finish Yoomanella with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yoomanella!
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yoomanella is looking to escape.
Smith blocks Yoomanella's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Smith controlling his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoomanella throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yoomanella is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoomanella really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smith blocks Yoomanella's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Yoomanella is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Yoomanella keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Yoomanella is having none of it.
Yoomanella is looking to improve his position but Smith isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoomanella throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yoomanella is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Smith prevents Yoomanella from getting the reversal.
Yoomanella swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!

Smith working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yoomanella misses with the combination.
Yoomanella throws a left and a right that both miss

and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yoomanella's guard.
Yoomanella striking off his back.
Yoomanella throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yoomanella throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Yoomanella throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yoomanella is keeping the position for now.

Smith gets to his feet - Yoomanella follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoomanella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoomanella swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoomanella misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Yoomanella 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoomanella shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Smith.

Smith moves into the clinch.

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

Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith lands some shots froms side control.
Yoomanella stops Smith from passing to mount.
Smith working the ground and pound but Yoomanella is defending the strikes.
Yoomanella dodges the ground and pound from Smith.
Yoomanella tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Yoomanella striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Yoomanella misses with a strike from the bottom.
Yoomanella tries to buck Smith off but Smith is having none of it.
Smith tries to move to mount but Yoomanella blocks the move with his legs.
Smith wants to control but Yoomanella is keeping him busy.
Smith blocks the strikes from Yoomanella.

Smith is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yoomanella is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Yoomanella gets back to half guard.
Smith works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control the pace but Yoomanella is squirming around nicely.
Yoomanella swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Yoomanella is working to get back to half guard.
Smith looking to finish Yoomanella with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yoomanella!
Yoomanella keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yoomanella throwing hammer fists to the chest of Smith. What's that going to do exactly?
Yoomanella working to try and regain half guard.
Smith controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoomanella throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith blocks Yoomanella's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Yoomanella is working to get back to half guard.
Yoomanella is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoomanella manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Yoomanella throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Smith dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Yoomanella throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a left to the body.

Smith gets a double leg takedown into Yoomanella's guard.
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yoomanella lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Smith!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yoomanella cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith is bucking up trying to escape but Yoomanella cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yoomanella thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Yoomanella punching from mount but Smith doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yoomanella has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith taking shots to the head.
Yoomanella thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Smith is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yoomanella looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yoomanella punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Yoomanella has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yoomanella landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Yoomanella.
Smith is trying desperately to improve position.
Yoomanella looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoomanella unloads with some shots from mount but Smith bucks and avoids them well.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Smith, under a barage of strikes from Yoomanella.
Smith might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Smith keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Yoomanella missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Smith makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Yoomanella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoomanella lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yoomanella misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yin Yoomanella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yoomanella throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Yoomanella is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yoomanella missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yoomanella missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Bob Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yoomanella lands a nice short elbow.
Yoomanella throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yoomanella working Smith over with strikes.
Smith tries to get to full guard but Yoomanella has control of the leg.
Yin Yoomanella has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yoomanella.
Yoomanella not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yoomanella not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith trying to control here.
Yoomanella sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though.
Bob Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yin Yoomanella comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Smith!