PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Novak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yin Yoomanella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yin Yoomanella acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Novak
vs
Yoomanella

199 cm
18
298 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Novak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yin Yoomanella!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoomanella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoomanella swats away the attempt to clinch by Novak.
Yoomanella scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Yoomanella misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yin Yoomanella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoomanella misses with a series of wild punches.
Novak could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yoomanella throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoomanella lands a jab-cross combination.
Novak tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoomanella swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yoomanella tries to bum rush Novak with a series of wild strikes but Novak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoomanella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Yoomanella does no damage.
Novak dodges the punch combination from Yoomanella.
A combination from Yoomanella does no damage.
Yoomanella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Novak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yoomanella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Novak looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yoomanella is fending him off so far but Novak persists. Nope, Yoomanella circles away and we're back to standing.

Novak drives through with a takedown into Yoomanella's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novak pushing down on Yoomanella's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Yoomanella tries to roll over but Novak keeps him under control.
Yoomanella looks winded!
Nice strikes from Novak there.
Yoomanella throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Yoomanella throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Novak controlling the pace.
Novak moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Yoomanella.
Yoomanella tries to buck Novak off but Novak is having none of it.
Yoomanella misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Novak is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Yoomanella's shoulder. That is not cool.

Novak has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Yoomanella is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Novak yanks on the arm and Yoomanella is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Novak.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabio Novak!