PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Boris Yeltsin Jr (ranked 1313 p4p, 2781 weight class) and Dewey Decimal (ranked 93 p4p, 184 weight class). Decimal comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Dewey Decimal Rap kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dewey Decimal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yeltsin Jr
vs
Decimal

174 cm
29
146
13 - 7 - 0

150 cm
35
136
29 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Yeltsin Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dewey Decimal!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decimal throws an overhand right that lands on Yeltsin Jr's shoulder, as Yeltsin Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Yeltsin Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yeltsin Jr blocks a low kick nicely.
Yeltsin Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yeltsin Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decimal lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Decimal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yeltsin Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yeltsin Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Nice cross by Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yeltsin Jr.
Good leg kick by Decimal.
Decimal 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.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Yeltsin Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Decimal's hands.

It looks like Dewey Decimal has been cut.
Yeltsin Jr throws a hook but Decimal blocks it.
Decimal works the jab nicely.
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!
Decimal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yeltsin Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Decimal.
Decimal attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Decimal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yeltsin Jr.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Yeltsin Jr rushes Decimal and presses him up against the cage.
Decimal digs a right hand underneath Yeltsin Jr's ribcage. Yeltsin Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Decimal trying to control the position but instead, Yeltsin Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Decimal into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal blocks an uppercut.
Decimal will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yeltsin Jr up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Decimal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yeltsin Jr backwards.
Decimal looking to stall.

Decimal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yeltsin Jr loads up on a big right hand but Decimal slips the punch.
Yeltsin Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Decimal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yeltsin Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Decimal throws a jab when Yeltsin Jr was well out of range.
Yeltsin Jr needs to keep his hands up - Decimal had a free shot at his head there.
Decimal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yeltsin Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Decimal.
Decimal throws a lazy right hand but Yeltsin Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yeltsin Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Decimal just manages to avoid it.
Decimal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Decimal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yeltsin Jr in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decimal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decimal swings for the body but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Yeltsin Jr blocks the low kick.
Decimal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yeltsin Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Decimal's shoulder, as Decimal tries to avoid the shot.
Decimal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
A slow jab from Decimal misses its intended target.
Decimal moves out of range of the body kick.
Yeltsin Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Decimal lands a nice shot that snaps Yeltsin Jr's head back.
Decimal throws a shot from downtown. Yeltsin Jr moves away and avoids it.
Decimal checks a low kick from Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Yeltsin Jr looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimal misses with a straight left.
Yeltsin Jr tries to move into range but Decimal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dewey Decimal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Yeltsin Jr misses the target.
Yeltsin Jr cracks Decimal with an open hand slap.
Yeltsin Jr tries to clinch there but Decimal circles away.
Yeltsin Jr looks to throw the jab but Decimal is out of range.
Yeltsin Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr throwing a counter right hand but Decimal manages to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal slips a straight right by Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decimal lands a slapping body shot.
Decimal slips a jab from Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeltsin Jr misses with a hook. Decimal ducked under it nicely.
Good leg kick by Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal misses with a hook. Yeltsin Jr ducked under it nicely.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decimal throws the left hand but Yeltsin Jr avoids the punch easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yeltsin Jr 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 Decimal has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Decimal and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A bone on bone clash there as Decimal blocks the leg kick.
That kick from Yeltsin Jr tenderised Decimal's leg. Decimal is trying to keep his angry face on.
A combination from Yeltsin Jr does no damage.
Decimal tries to work over Yeltsin Jr's front leg with a kick but Yeltsin Jr checks it.
Decimal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yeltsin Jr tries to move into range but Decimal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yeltsin Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
Yeltsin Jr moves out of range as Decimal strikes.
Decimal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeltsin Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimal.
Decimal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decimal scores with a hook.
Decimal feints and then cracks Yeltsin Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yeltsin Jr down.
Decimal misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dewey Decimal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dewey Decimal's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Decimal lands the left hand.
Decimal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yeltsin Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Yeltsin Jr has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal working aggressively here.
Yeltsin Jr is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Decimal is keeping busy.
Decimal is looking to control Yeltsin Jr's arms but Yeltsin Jr gets an underhook and turns him. Now Decimal has his back to the cage.
Yeltsin Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Decimal's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Yeltsin Jr fails to land.
Yeltsin Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeltsin Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Decimal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr misses with the head strike.
Decimal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yeltsin Jr backwards.
Yeltsin Jr has Decimal pushed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeltsin Jr lands an uppercut.
Yeltsin Jr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Decimal tries to circle away but Yeltsin Jr has him pinned against the cage.
Decimal trying to stall but Yeltsin Jr improves his position.
Yeltsin Jr is trying to stall.
Yeltsin Jr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Decimal misses with a body punch.
Decimal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Decimal in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Decimal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Decimal connects with a right hand. Yeltsin Jr shakes it off.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Yeltsin Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good work by Yeltsin Jr as he checks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Yeltsin Jr, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal slips a straight right by Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal misses with a two punch combination.
Yeltsin Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Decimal moves out of range easily.
Yeltsin Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Decimal moves away.
Decimal lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeltsin Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yeltsin Jr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Decimal tests Yeltsin Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yeltsin Jr throws the left hand but Decimal avoids the punch easily.
Decimal misses with a few strikes there.
Yeltsin Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab from Decimal.
Decimal connects with a body shot that sends Yeltsin Jr's belly button to the back.
Yeltsin Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Decimal manages to avoid it.
A low kick lands for Decimal.
Decimal throws a body punch but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range.
Decimal scores with the left hand. Yeltsin Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Yeltsin Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Decimal throws out the jab.

Yeltsin Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Decimal, pushing him back against the cage.
Decimal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Decimal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yeltsin Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Decimal letting Yeltsin Jr take a breather here.
Decimal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeltsin Jr taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Decimal.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yeltsin Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Yeltsin Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Decimal backwards.
Yeltsin Jr pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a punch on the inside.

Decimal breaks the clinch.
Yeltsin Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dewey Decimal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yeltsin Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Decimal.
Decimal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yeltsin Jr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Yeltsin Jr moved out of range.
Decimal loads up on a big right hand but Yeltsin Jr slips the punch.
As Decimal backs away, Yeltsin Jr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal swings for the body but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range.
Yeltsin Jr half committed to a counter leg kick.
Decimal lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Yeltsin Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Decimal lands a lovely overhand right.
Decimal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yeltsin Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yeltsin Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Yeltsin Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Decimal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decimal lands with an uppercut that bounces Yeltsin Jr off the cage and back into range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Decimal. That's going to slow Yeltsin Jr down.
Good exchange - Yeltsin Jr coming out on top.
Yeltsin Jr looks to land a left hand but Decimal moved out of range nicely.
Decimal avoids the body shot from Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr throws a hook but Decimal avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeltsin Jr ducks under a wild hook from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Decimal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yeltsin Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decimal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dewey Decimal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dewey Decimal's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Yeltsin Jr tries to clinch up.
Decimal with a hook.
Yeltsin Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Decimal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A low kick lands for Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yeltsin Jr staying out of range there.
Yeltsin Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Yeltsin Jr misses its target.
Yeltsin Jr moves away from the strike by Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Decimal swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Decimal throws a series of punches but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range.
Decimal throws out a loose jab but Yeltsin Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Decimal manages to avoid it.
Decimal slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decimal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decimal needs to keep his hands up - Yeltsin Jr had a free shot at his head there.
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!
Decimal throws a body shot but no joy.
Yeltsin Jr dips to his left and cracks Decimal with an uppercut!
Decimal moves forwards but Yeltsin Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yeltsin Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal misses the jab.
Decimal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Decimal lands a nice hook to Yeltsin Jr's body. Yeltsin Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Decimal throws out a loose jab but Yeltsin Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeltsin Jr tried to counter with a leg kick but Decimal avoided it.
Yeltsin Jr checks a leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yeltsin Jr moves in looking to clinch but Decimal pushes him off.
Yeltsin Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big left from Yeltsin Jr misses.
Yeltsin Jr looks to land a left hand but Decimal moved out of range nicely.
Decimal throws a hook but Yeltsin Jr avoids it easily.
It looked like Yeltsin Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a looping right.
Decimal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal throws a right and a left that Yeltsin Jr avoids nicely.
Decimal slips under a jab from Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal misses with an uppercut. Yeltsin Jr saw that one coming.
Yeltsin Jr lands with a straight right. Decimal didn't see that one coming.
That kick from Decimal tenderised Yeltsin Jr's leg. Yeltsin Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decimal swats away the attempt to clinch by Yeltsin Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimal slips under a jab from Yeltsin Jr.
It seemed like Decimal was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Decimal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Decimal loads up on a big right hand but Yeltsin Jr slips the punch.
Yeltsin Jr misses with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Yeltsin Jr, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Yeltsin Jr moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Yeltsin Jr misses the target.
Decimal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Yeltsin Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yeltsin Jr wants to clinch.
Decimal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yeltsin Jr. Yeltsin Jr circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Decimal bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yeltsin Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yeltsin Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Yeltsin Jr does no damage.
Decimal attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yeltsin Jr connects with a leg kick.
Boris Yeltsin Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Decimal.
Yeltsin Jr lands a jab to Decimal's midsection.
Decimal swings for the body but Yeltsin Jr moves out of range.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeltsin Jr. Decimal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decimal throws out a counter right but Yeltsin Jr avoids it with no problem.
Yeltsin Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Decimal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yeltsin Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A bone on bone clash there as Decimal blocks the leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decimal was well out of range. Poor timing from Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr takes one to the chin there.
Decimal lands a head shot.
Yeltsin Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yeltsin Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Yeltsin Jr moved out of range nicely.
Decimal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Decimal with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal throws a hook but Yeltsin Jr blocks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yeltsin Jr, as that shot connected.
Decimal checks a low kick from Yeltsin Jr.
Yeltsin Jr looks to land a body kick but Decimal moved away.
A slow jab from Decimal misses its intended target.
Decimal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Decimal.
A swing and a miss from Decimal.
Nice defenses there by Decimal.
Decimal throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from Yeltsin Jr tenderised Decimal's leg. Decimal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Yeltsin Jr moved out of range.
Decimal throws a big shot that misses.
Decimal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decimal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Yeltsin Jr.
Decimal takes one to the chin there.
Yeltsin Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Dewey Decimal is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Decimal throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dewey Decimal.
I've got Decimal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dewey Decimal!
A victorious Dewey Decimal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.