PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaylin Yates (ranked 4965 p4p, 3731 weight class) and Jason Terry (ranked 473 p4p, 413 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Yates
vs
Terry

193 cm
25
168
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
21
160
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jaylin Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Terry!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terry connects with a jab.
Yates looks to land a combination. Terry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Terry loads up on a big right hand but Yates slips the punch.
Terry throws a lazy uppercut
and Yates counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Terry takes a swing at Yates's ribcage but misses.
Yates uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Terry.
Yates looks to land a combination but Terry avoids it well.
Terry misses with a straight right.
Yates really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Yates fails to land with a series of punches.
Terry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Terry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Yates ducks under a wild hook from Terry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Terry.
Terry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yates.
Terry misses with a double jab.
Yates tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yates ducks under a wild hook from Terry.
Yates throws a big counter combination but Terry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Terry throws a series of punches but Yates moves out of range.
Terry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yates doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Terry was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Yates lands a slapping body shot.
Terry looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
Terry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yates momentarily.
Yates misses with a few strikes there.
Terry swinging wildly here.
Terry looks to land a combination but Yates avoids it well.
Yates throws a big counter combination but Terry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Yates throws a head kick but Terry moves out of range.
Terry is looking for the big counter here.
Yates swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Terry sizes up Yates with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Terry throws a hook to the side of Yates's head but Yates sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yates throws a big counter combination but Terry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Yates moves away from the strike by Terry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yates throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Terry throws a nice looking combination but Yates bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Terry looks to throw the jab but Yates is out of range.
No joy there for Yates, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws a head kick that Terry semi-blocks.
Nice defenses there by Yates.
A left and a right from Terry both land. Nice combination.
Terry looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
Terry misses with a two punch combination.
Yates throws a nice head kick!
Yates is breathing heavily.
Terry looks to land a right hand but Yates moved out of range.
Yates shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Terry eats them both and turns towards Yates to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Terry misses with a wild combination.
Terry lands an overhand right.
Terry misses with a straight left.
Terry lands with a straight right. Yates didn't see that one coming.
Yates moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Yates misses.
Yates throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry misses with a looping right.
Yates staying out of range there.
Terry connects with a body shot that sends Yates's belly button to the back.
Terry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yates ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Terry tries to bum rush Yates with a series of wild strikes but Yates uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yates looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No joy there for Terry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yates is looking for a counter combo.
We've been informed that Terry has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Terry scores with a body shot.
Terry ducks under a wild hook from Yates.
Yates ducks right into an uppercut from Terry.
Terry loads up on a big right hand but Yates slips the punch.
Terry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terry throws a hook to the side of Yates's head but Yates sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Terry misses.
Yates moves forwards but Terry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Terry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yates had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Terry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yates.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Terry.
Terry 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.
Terry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Terry throws a lazy right hand but Yates sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yates went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Terry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yates was well out of range. Poor timing from Terry.
Yates ducks under a wild hook from Terry.
Yates is looking for a counter combo.
Terry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yates throwing a counter right hand but Terry manages to avoid it.
Terry misses with a hook. Yates ducked under it nicely.
Terry misses with a series of wild punches.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
Terry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Terry misses with a shot to the body
and Yates counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Terry lands an overhand right.
Yates scores with the left hand. Terry knows he should have avoided that one.
Terry throws a looping overhand right but Yates ducks down to avoid it.
Terry looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Terry dominated that round.
That's time! Yates's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yates throws a series of punches but Terry moves out of range.
Terry throws the left hand but Yates avoids the punch easily.
Yates lands a leg kick that knocks Terry off balance momentarily.
Terry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yates throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Terry looks to score with a jab to the body but Yates is just out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Yates might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Terry looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
Terry throws a shot from downtown. Yates moves away and avoids it.
Terry misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed right hand from Terry misses the target.
Jab from Yates.
Terry misses with a body shot.
Yates seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A telegraphed right hand from Terry misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terry.
Terry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Terry.
Terry throws the left hand but Yates avoids the punch easily.
Yates swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yates digs a good body shot into Terry's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates takes a swing at Terry's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry misses with a hook. Yates ducked under it nicely.
Terry swinging wildly here.
Terry throws the left hand but Yates avoids the punch easily.
Terry stalks Yates and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yates's face. Yates staggers backwards, shaken.
Terry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Terry is rocked!
Terry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yates went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Terry is still on wobbly legs! Can Yates finish him?
Yates throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terry walks straight into a right hand from Yates - that's dropped him! Yates jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Terry from any more punishment! Terry complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jaylin Yates!