PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naor Yozem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaston Souffrant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yozem might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Chris Cornell - You Know My Name. Souffrant has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yozem
vs
Souffrant

194 cm
24
212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

NATURAL BEAST

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Naor Yozem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gaston Souffrant!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souffrant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Souffrant throws a head kick that misses.

Yozem shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Souffrant manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Yozem drops back looking for a leg! Souffrant is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souffrant manages to kick Yozem off! Yozem jumps back into Souffrant's guard.
Yozem is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yozem won't allow Souffrant to sweep him here.
Yozem has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yozem throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yozem makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yozem will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yozem landing with the ground and pound.

Yozem gets to his feet - Souffrant follows without any prompting.
Souffrant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yozem looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Souffrant is fending him off so far but Yozem persists. Nope, Souffrant circles away and we're back to standing.
Souffrant tries a head kick but it misses.
Souffrant lands a head kick. Yozem smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Souffrant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gaston Souffrant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Souffrant.
Souffrant displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yozem.
Souffrant throws a head kick that misses.
Yozem avoids the head kick by Souffrant.
Souffrant looks gassed!
Yozem tries for a takedown but Souffrant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Naor Yozem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souffrant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yozem looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yozem blocks a head kick by Souffrant.
Souffrant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Souffrant tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Souffrant.
Souffrant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Souffrant misses with a head kick.
Yozem shoots for a double leg takedown but Souffrant sprawls well. He's pushed Yozem's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Souffrant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Souffrant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Souffrant.

Yozem scores a takedown into full mount!

Yozem is going olschool here, as he tries to force Souffrant to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Souffrant shrugs it off.
Yozem lands a nice shot to the head.

Yozem looking to secure an arm triangle but Souffrant defends it well.
Yozem looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Souffrant working to try and regain half guard.
Yozem lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yozem is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Yozem!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Naor Yozem!