PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Pentti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Yikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pentti
vs
Yikes

184 cm
32
197 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

180 cm
26
191 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arvo Pentti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Yikes!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pentti throws a sloppy head kick and Yikes moves out of range easily.
Yikes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yikes throws the left hand but Pentti avoids the punch easily.
Yikes throws a series of punches but Pentti avoids them all with ease.
Yikes misses with a straight right.
A big right from Yikes misses.
Pentti scores with a sloppy right hand. Yikes should have avoided that one.
Pentti is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick from Pentti.
A jab from Pentti finds it's way through Yikes's defenses.
Pentti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yikes.
Yikes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pentti moves away.

Pentti clinches up with Yikes and pushes him back against the cage.
Pentti tries to land knees in the clinch but Yikes avoids the damage to the body.
Yikes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pentti backwards.
Pentti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yikes's efforts to push away.
Pentti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pentti just leaning against Yikes, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pentti scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Pentti - that landed with a thud.
Pentti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yikes up against the cage.
Pentti lands a left hand.
Pentti swings wildly with an uppercut but Yikes uses good head movement to avoid it.

Yikes breaks the clinch.
Yikes throws a series of punches but Pentti moves out of range.
Pentti moves away from the strike by Yikes.
Yikes moves away from the strike by Pentti.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pentti.
Pentti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pentti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yikes looks to land a left hand but Pentti moved out of range nicely.
Pentti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kyle Yikes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yikes throws a hook but Pentti blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Pentti.
Pentti throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yikes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yikes misses with a wild body shot.
Pentti has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yikes misses with a few strikes there.
Pentti lands a nice shot that snaps Yikes's head back.
Pentti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yikes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yikes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pentti. Yikes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Yikes finds it's way through Pentti's defenses.
Pentti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pentti throws a right hand that Yikes ducks under and follows up with a left that Yikes also avoids with ease.
Pentti tries to clinch up but Yikes circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Yikes misses.
Yikes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pentti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti moves out of range as Yikes strikes.
Yikes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yikes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yikes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pentti.
Yikes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pentti.
Pentti cracks a nice hook into Yikes's ribs.
Yikes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yikes misses with a body shot
and Pentti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pentti looks to land a combination. Yikes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yikes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pentti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yikes misses with a straight left.
Pentti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yikes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pentti walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pentti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Yikes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pentti.
Yikes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - Yikes scores with a four punch combination!
Yikes sizes up Pentti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yikes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yikes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yikes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pentti throws a right and a left that Yikes avoids nicely.
Pentti's corner calls for a 1-2. Pentti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pentti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yikes. Pentti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yikes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pentti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pentti. Yikes does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yikes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pentti was well out of range. Poor timing from Yikes.
Pentti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pentti tries to clinch there but Yikes circles away.
Yikes walks into a straight right hand from Pentti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Pentti dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pentti throws a jab but it's blocked by Yikes.
Pentti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yikes looks to score with a jab to the body but Pentti is just out of range.
Pentti misses with a low kick as Yikes jumps back.
Pentti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yikes misses with an uppercut. Pentti saw that one coming.
Yikes scores with the left hand. Pentti knows he should have avoided that one.
Yikes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pentti lands a leg kick that knocks Yikes off balance momentarily.
Arvo Pentti is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Pentti.
Yikes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pentti misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Yikes finds it's way through Pentti's defenses.
Yikes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pentti is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yikes.
Pentti avoids the body shot from Yikes.
Pentti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yikes throws a looping overhand right but Pentti ducks down to avoid it.
Pentti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yikes lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Pentti can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Yikes and Pentti drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Yikes.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Yikes!