PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoruba Ahimbe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey McMasters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahimbe comes to the cage accompanied by "Hit em Up" Tupac. This should be fireworks!

Ahimbe
vs
McMasters

178 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

179 cm
23
151 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Blitzkrieg Supplements
Butchered Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Yoruba Ahimbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey McMasters!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMasters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ahimbe lands with a nice body punch.
McMasters throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ahimbe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ahimbe avoids the head kick by McMasters.
Mickey McMasters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMasters throws a leg kick but Ahimbe checks it.
McMasters looks to throw the jab but Ahimbe is out of range.
Ahimbe avoids the head kick by McMasters.
Ahimbe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McMasters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Ahimbe with that takedown attempt.
McMasters throws a head kick that misses.
Ahimbe blocks a low kick nicely.
Ahimbe misses with a wild body shot.

Ahimbe clinches up against the cage.
McMasters has had enough of the clinch but Ahimbe keeps him there for the moment.
Ahimbe is looking to control McMasters's arms but McMasters gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ahimbe has his back to the cage.
McMasters is trying to break free.
Ahimbe keeps control of McMasters as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahimbe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McMasters is keeping busy.

Ahimbe tightens his grip and picks McMasters up, before dumping him to the ground. McMasters manages to land in guard.
McMasters wants to stand and escape but Ahimbe is having none of it.
Ahimbe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McMasters swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ahimbe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ahimbe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ahimbe cracks McMasters with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ahimbe prevents McMasters from getting back to his feet.
Ahimbe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ahimbe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ahimbe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McMasters waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ahimbe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahimbe tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ahimbe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ahimbe lands a nice uppercut.
McMasters wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

McMasters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McMasters throws a head kick that misses.
Ahimbe has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McMasters.
McMasters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ahimbe blocks a jab.
McMasters looks gassed!

Ahimbe closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McMasters to the mat! McMasters manages to get full guard.
Ahimbe throwing strikes from guard but McMasters blocks nicely.
Ahimbe not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ahimbe stops McMasters from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahimbe forces his way into half guard.
Ahimbe performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McMasters looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ahimbe works his way into side control.
Ahimbe throws an elbow but McMasters slips to the side and avoids it well.
McMasters really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ahimbe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ahimbe working the ground and pound from side control.
Ahimbe creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McMasters sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
McMasters is not content to let Ahimbe control the position.
Ahimbe working the ground and pound but McMasters is defending the strikes.
McMasters is trying to get back to his feet.
Ahimbe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ahimbe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ahimbe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McMasters stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McMasters thows a body shot but no joy.
McMasters throws a head kick that misses.
Ahimbe blocks a head kick by McMasters.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McMasters can't break the clinch.

Ahimbe jumps guard.
Ahimbe looking for a sweep. Not yet Ahimbe, not yet.
Ahimbe manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ahimbe looking to finish with strikes here!
McMasters is breathing heavily.
Ahimbe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahimbe cracks McMasters with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ahimbe trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ahimbe takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
McMasters is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ahimbe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ahimbe connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McMasters can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
McMasters squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ahimbe landing strikes from the mount and McMasters is in trouble!
Ahimbe looking to finish McMasters with some ground and pound. This is bad for McMasters!
Ahimbe lands a big shot there that rocks McMasters but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ahimbe unloading with bombs!
McMasters's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ahimbe trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McMasters takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahimbe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ahimbe throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ahimbe landing strikes from the mount and McMasters is in trouble!
McMasters holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ahimbe tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ahimbe landing punches.
Ahimbe controlling the pace for now.
Ahimbe can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McMasters is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMasters trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ahimbe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McMasters wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ahimbe.
McMasters tries to buck Ahimbe off but he can't manage it.

Ahimbe swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yoruba Ahimbe!