PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Silverback Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lesnar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to go coors!. Yates has chosen Here comes Tecca Nina - Tech N9ne as his entrance music. 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.

Lesnar
vs
Yates

166 cm
45
287 lbs
34 - 22 - 0

195 cm
27
220 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silverback Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Yates!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lesnar closes the distance and clinches.
Lesnar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Lesnar scores with a shoulder strike.
Lesnar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lesnar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yates trying to stall but Lesnar improves his position.
Yates trying to stall but Lesnar improves his position.
Lesnar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yates stalling the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lesnar obliges.
Lesnar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Aaron Yates has been cut.
Yates working hard to break the clinch.
Yates tries to break the clinch but Lesnar is controlling the position.
Yates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Yates is looking to control Lesnar's arms but Lesnar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yates has his back to the ropes.
Lesnar lands a good knee to the midsection. Yates won't want to take too many of those.
Yates jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lesnar walks away with a smile on his face. Yates gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lesnar throws a jab when Yates was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates has his takedown stuffed
and Lesnar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lesnar just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lesnar throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Yates releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lesnar misses with a straight right.
Yates shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silverback Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Yates.

Yates moves into the clinch.
Yates wants a takedown but no success here.

Yates gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lesnar is looking to escape.
Lesnar trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Yates is keen to just control but Lesnar is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates is stalling here. Lesnar is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Yates seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lesnar has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates is looking to reverse the position.
Lesnar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Yates tries to improve position but can't.
Yates wants to control but Lesnar postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar in side control, throwing shots but Yates defends.
Yates tries to buck Lesnar off but Lesnar is having none of it.
Lesnar wants to stand but Yates is controlling his arm.
Yates is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Yates is trying to control Lesnar's posture but Lesnar avoids it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Yates rushes Lesnar and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Yates working hard to break the clinch.
Yates takes an elbow to the temple.
Lesnar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands with a short shot to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Yates has Lesnar pressed against the ropes.
Lesnar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yates is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lesnar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yates.
Yates takes an elbow to the temple.
Lesnar lands an elbow inside that Yates shrugs off.
Lesnar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lesnar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yates is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Lesnar to keep the fight standing.
Yates looking to stall.
Yates is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Lesnar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silverback Lesnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Yates's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lesnar drives through and clinches with Yates against the ropes.
Yates taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Yates fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silverback Lesnar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Lesnar lands an elbow just above Yates 's eye.
Lesnar tries to land knees in the clinch but Yates avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Yates manages to break the clinch.
Yates lands with a kick to the temple. Lesnar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yates scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yates clinches with his opponent.
Yates tries to score a body lock takedown but Lesnar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lesnar lands an elbow just above Yates 's eye.
Yates goes for a takedown attempt but Lesnar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silverback Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Yates.
Lesnar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates throws a head kick that misses.
Lesnar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yates can do to turn this around?
Lesnar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lesnar stalks Yates and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yates's face. Yates staggers backwards, shaken.

That has opened up Aaron Yates's cut even more.
Lesnar throws a leg kick that misses.
Lesnar scores with a shot to the body.

Yates closes the distance and pushes Lesnar back into the ropes.

Yates escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yates slips under a jab from Lesnar.
Yates lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yates circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lesnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yates avoids the body shot from Lesnar.
Yates throws a big counter head kick but Lesnar avoids it with no problem.
Lesnar is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yates's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Yates lands a nice hook to Lesnar's body. Lesnar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yates slips a jab from Lesnar.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lesnar enables Yates to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lesnar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

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!
Yates wants to pass the guard but Lesnar is keeping the position.
Yates throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lesnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lesnar wants to get back to his feet but Yates passes into half guard.
Yates throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yates looks to land a strike but Lesnar avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Yates trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yates throwing strikes from guard but Lesnar blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates wants to control from the top but Lesnar keeps moving.
Yates won't allow Lesnar to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Yates instigates a clinch.
Yates is trying to break free.
Yates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yates has had enough of the clinch but Lesnar keeps him there for the moment.

Yates breaks the clinch.
Silverback Lesnar is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Lesnar.
Yates throws out a loose jab but Lesnar uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lesnar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lesnar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yates.

Yates manages to break the clinch.
Lesnar missing with a left hand there. Yates was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yates throws a counter combo.
Yates fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnar manages to avoid it.

Yates moves into the clinch.
Yates blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lesnar has Yates pressed against the ropes, preventing Yates from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lesnar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yates's efforts to push away.
Yates avoiding damage as Lesnar throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aaron Yates will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Aaron Yates's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yates gets tackled into the ropes by Lesnar. Lesnar maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Lesnar.
Still in the clinch, Lesnar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yates blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lesnar lands a damaging elbow.
Lesnar with a knee to the head.

The cut above Aaron Yates's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Yates drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lesnar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lesnar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yates is trying to force a seperation but Lesnar has the dominant position.
Lesnar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates is working for takedown but Lesnar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silverback Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Yates.
Yates tries to pull guard but Lesnar forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Lesnar.
Yates takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lesnar working Yates over with knees to the body.
Lesnar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yates's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lesnar lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar lands an elbow that stopped Yates in his tracks for a moment.
Lesnar lands a damaging elbow.

Aaron Yates's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aaron Yates's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Silverback Lesnar!
In defeat, Aaron Yates stepped up to the mic, saying 'Idk how i lost to this punk'.