PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 1434 p4p, 159 weight class) and Eon Yaj (ranked 1542 p4p, 173 weight class). La Bor comes to the cage accompanied by Centuries. Eon Yaj acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

La Bor
vs
Yaj

179 cm
30
152 lbs
21 - 12 - 2

165 cm
32
145 lbs
15 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Arcticus University: London

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 21 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eon Yaj!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj scores with a punch to the head.
Yaj fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Bor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yaj scores with a shot to the body.
A combination from Yaj does no damage.
Yaj throws a low kick, looking for La Bor's leg but La Bor calmly moves out of range.
La Bor is looking to counter punch.
Yaj has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
La Bor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Bor. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yaj is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yaj cracks La Bor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yaj throws a leg kick but La Bor moved away.
A big left from Yaj misses.
Yaj swings for the body but La Bor moves out of range.
Yaj scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Bor checks a leg kick.
La Bor looks to land a left hand but Yaj moved out of range nicely.
Yaj connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Yaj.
Yaj throws a leg kick that misses.
La Bor throws a low kick, looking for Yaj's leg but Yaj calmly moves out of range.
Yaj tries a quick counter leg kick but La Bor is wise to it.
La Bor moves out of range as Yaj strikes.
Yaj tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yaj lands a nice hook to La Bor's body. La Bor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
La Bor is looking to score with low kicks.
La Bor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La Bor moves away from the strike by Yaj.
Yaj tries to score with a low kick but La Bor moves his leg out of the way.
La Bor checks a leg kick.
La Bor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Yaj finds it's way through La Bor's defenses.
La Bor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yaj. That did some damage!
Yaj moves forwards but La Bor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj misses with an uppercut
enabling La Bor to counter with a crisp jab.

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!
La Bor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Bor loads up on a big right hand but Yaj slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Yaj.
Eon Yaj seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor moves away from the strike by Yaj.
La Bor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some wild striking there from La Bor.
Yaj looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Bor takes one to the chin there.
Yaj wants to land a leg kick but La Bor is out of range.
La Bor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La Bor avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj darts in trying to clinch
letting La Bor counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor blocks a jab.
La Bor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La Bor connects with a right hand. Yaj shakes it off.
Yaj takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yaj throws a lazy uppercut
letting La Bor counter with a right hand.
Yaj misses with a hook
and La Bor counters with a nice leg kick.
La Bor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yaj misses with a wild body shot.
As Yaj looks to move away, La Bor throws a big counter combo but Yaj just gets out of the way.
La Bor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yaj misses with a low kick.
La Bor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yaj misses with a low kick.
La Bor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Bor misses with a shot to the body

and Yaj counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A left hand lands to the body for La Bor.
La Bor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yaj lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La Bor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Bor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La Bor misses with the head strike.
Yaj is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Bor is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yaj.
Yaj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Bor avoids it.
La Bor swings wildly with an uppercut but Yaj uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Bor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaj fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

La Bor breaks the clinch.
Yaj misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yaj takes a jab right on the kisser.
La Bor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yaj has time to react.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Bor connects with a body shot.
La Bor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yaj.
La Bor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yaj cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Manuel La Bor will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A nice leg kick lands there from La Bor.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Bor. That's going to slow Yaj down.
Good shot there by Yaj.
Yaj shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yaj throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yaj throws a poor cross that misses
and La Bor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yaj, right into the meat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La Bor, as that shot connected.
Manuel La Bor is winning the standup battle so far.
Yaj fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Bor checks it well.
Yaj ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Bor moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj throws a leg kick that misses.
Yaj tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor throws a shot from downtown. Yaj moves away and avoids it.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yaj throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Yaj.
La Bor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yaj throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from La Bor misses.
Yaj lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yaj misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from La Bor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yaj throws a solid leg kick but La Bor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yaj.
La Bor half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yaj closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
La Bor takes one to the chin there.
Yaj defending well as La Bor loads up on a big left hand.
La Bor connects with a single shot there.
La Bor throws a leg kick but Yaj sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La Bor throws a looping overhand right but Yaj ducks down to avoid it.
Yaj lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La Bor backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Bor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor checks a low kick from Yaj.
A punch combination from Yaj misses.
La Bor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yaj takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yaj with a jab.
Yaj throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Bor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yaj moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Bor blocks a head kick by Yaj.
Yaj misses with a body shot
and La Bor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yaj thinking.
A bone on bone clash there as Yaj blocks the leg kick.
Yaj let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yaj closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yaj darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yaj throws a lazy right hand but La Bor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Bor avoids the head kick by Yaj.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj loads up on a big right hand but La Bor slips the punch.
La Bor digs a good body shot into Yaj's ribs.
Yaj takes one to the chin there.
La Bor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yaj's hands.
A swing and a miss from Yaj.
Yaj tries a head kick but it misses.
La Bor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yaj throws a leg kick but La Bor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La Bor tests Yaj's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Bor misses the jab.
Yaj throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
La Bor scores with a hook to the body. Yaj takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yaj displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
Yaj is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Good leg kick by La Bor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaj moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yaj has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yaj connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yaj tries to clinch
and La Bor counters with a stiff right hand.

Yaj is rocked!
The fighters circling - La Bor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yaj.
Yaj fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Bor manages to avoid it.
La Bor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Bor with a hook.
Yaj is still on wobbly legs! Can La Bor finish him?
La Bor scores with a kick to the body.
Yaj is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yaj seems to have recovered his senses.
A low kick from Yaj misses
and La Bor counters with a nice uppercut.
La Bor wants to slow Yaj down by chopping away at his legs.
A big left from La Bor misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manuel La Bor will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Yaj displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
La Bor misses with a hook.
La Bor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yaj scores with a nice right hand.
Yaj cracks the inside of La Bor's front leg.
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yaj steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from La Bor.
Yaj uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Bor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yaj.
Yaj tries to counter by closing the distance.
Yaj tries to land a front kick but La Bor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yaj's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yaj tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and La Bor counters with a crisp one two that drops Yaj! La Bor thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Yaj to his feet! Yaj is in big trouble!
La Bor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yaj throws a lazy uppercut
and Yaj takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Some bone on bone action there as La Bor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor blocks a leg kick.
Yaj fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La Bor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yaj walks into a straight right hand from La Bor.
La Bor scores with a sloppy right hand. Yaj should have avoided that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Bor, right into the meat.
La Bor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yaj takes one to the chin there.
Yaj throws an overhand right that lands on La Bor's shoulder, as La Bor tries to avoid the shot.
La Bor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yaj counters with a series of strikes. La Bor will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yaj has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Bor finds it's way round the side to connect with Yaj's head.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Bor was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
La Bor blocks a head kick by Yaj.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor looks to land a left hand but Yaj moved out of range nicely.
Yaj throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Bor.
Eon Yaj has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from La Bor tenderised Yaj's leg. Yaj is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yaj takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Bor.
La Bor swinging wildly here.
La Bor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yaj.
Yaj attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La Bor keeps the fight on the outside.
La Bor was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yaj blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Bor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yaj has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yaj and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yaj wants to counter the offense by La Bor and move into the clinch position.
Yaj attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La Bor is looking to clinch but Yaj is avoiding it.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yaj.
Yaj misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj tries to close the distance and clinch but La Bor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La Bor blocks a head kick by Yaj.
Yaj misses with an attempted mid kick.
La Bor checks a low kick from Yaj.
Yaj takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La Bor throws a looping overhand right but Yaj ducks down to avoid it.
La Bor throws a good cross that connects.
La Bor feints a jab promting Yaj to slip. La Bor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yaj slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yaj.
Yaj on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab from Yaj.
La Bor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yaj.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Bor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yaj throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Bor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor scores with a jab.
La Bor throws a lazy right hand but Yaj sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Bor tests Yaj's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Bor lands a glancing blow to the side of Yaj's head.
Yaj rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La Bor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yaj throws a nice looking combination but La Bor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Bor misses with a series of wild punches.
La Bor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yaj throws out the jab.
La Bor doesn't manage to clinch there - Yaj circles away.
A low kick from Yaj misses
and La Bor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yaj tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Manuel La Bor.
Well La Bor 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel La Bor!
Manuel La Bor made sure to mention his sponsor, Arcticus University: London in his post fight interview.