PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toothless Yarborough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yarborough's entrance music is :(. A fine choice. 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.

Yarborough
vs
Mir

166 cm
23
289 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Sublime Supplements

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toothless Yarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Mir!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yarborough drives through and clinches with Mir against the cage.
Yarborough throws an elbow but it misses.
Yarborough lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Frank Mir has been cut.
Yarborough lands an elbow inside that Mir shrugs off.
Mir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mir is looking to break free of the clinch but Yarborough has double underhooks.
Yarborough throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mir blocks it with crossed arms.
Yarborough connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mir's face.
Mir should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Yarborough tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yarborough throws an elbow but it misses.
Mir tries to break the clinch but Yarborough is controlling the position.
Yarborough pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mir blocks an elbow strike.
Yarborough pushes off an throws an elbow but Mir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yarborough throws an elbow but misses.
Yarborough creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yarborough keeps control of Mir as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yarborough keeps control of Mir as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yarborough gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yarborough throws an elbow but misses.
Yarborough creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mir's defenses.
Yarborough lands an elbow inside that Mir shrugs off.
Yarborough lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Mir is rocked!

That has opened up Frank Mir's cut even more.
Mir is looking to break free of the clinch but Yarborough has double underhooks.
Mir has had enough of the clinch but Yarborough keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarborough creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mir's defenses.
Mir looks gassed!
Mir tries to break the clinch but Yarborough is controlling the position.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir looks to land a right hand but Yarborough moved out of range.
Yarborough missing with a left hand there. Mir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yarborough misses with an uppercut. Mir saw that one coming.
Mir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yarborough tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Yarborough.
Yarborough lands a nice looking body shot.
Yarborough looks to score with a jab to the body but Mir is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yarborough throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yarborough dodges the punch combination from Mir.
Yarborough with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mir checks a leg kick nicely.

Yarborough takes the fight into the clinch.
Mir wants to break free but Yarborough has control.
Mir takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough lands a damaging elbow.
Yarborough lands an elbow inside that Mir shrugs off.

The cut above Frank Mir's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Yarborough lands a big elbow that sends Mir down! Mir recovers to guard.
Mir is still in real trouble! Can Yarborough finish him?

Frank Mir's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Yarborough wants to pass the guard but Mir is keeping the position.
Yarborough showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mir seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yarborough trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mir's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toothless Yarborough dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Mir's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yarborough.
Yarborough slips a jab and a cross from Mir.
Yarborough throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yarborough looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A punch combination from Mir misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yarborough motions for Mir to come forward. Yarborough throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mir is breathing heavily.
Yarborough looks for the body kick but Mir saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarborough misses with a low kick.
Yarborough misses the shot to the body.
Yarborough avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yarborough throws a chopping leg kick but Mir manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yarborough turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yarborough.
Yarborough just misses with a punch to the body.
Frank Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mir checks a low kick from Yarborough.
Yarborough is looking to wear down Mir with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frank Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yarborough looks to land a right hand but Mir moved out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yarborough fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mir takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yarborough throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yarborough will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mir lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yarborough circles away quickly and effectively.
Yarborough tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Yarborough.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yarborough clinches with his opponent.
Yarborough comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yarborough comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yarborough lands an elbow inside.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Toothless Yarborough!