PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Yoghurtov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Walnuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoghurtov comes to the cage accompanied by One Step Closer by Linkin Park. Yoghurtov is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Willy Walnuts will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Yoghurtov
vs
Walnuts

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Yoghurtov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Walnuts!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walnuts shoots in but Yoghurtov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yoghurtov is breathing heavily.
Yoghurtov looks for a takedown but Walnuts sprawls well.

Walnuts scores with a takedown into Yoghurtov's guard.
Walnuts passes Yoghurtov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Walnuts working the head and body with strikes.
Yoghurtov won't allow Walnuts to pass to mount.
Walnuts prevents Yoghurtov from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walnuts sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Walnuts uses his free foot to push down on Yoghurtov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yoghurtov.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walnuts prevents Yoghurtov from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoghurtov gets back to half guard.
Yoghurtov is staying active underneath Walnuts, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yoghurtov is trying to stand.
Walnuts trying to control the action but Yoghurtov is working from the bottom.
Walnuts tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yoghurtov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Walnuts looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Yoghurtov trying to hold on to Walnuts's head to control him but Walnuts postures up.
Walnuts passes to full mount!
Yoghurtov is looking to improve his position but Walnuts isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Walnuts connects with a massive shot to the dome!

It looks like Andrei Yoghurtov has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walnuts looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Walnuts fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yoghurtov taking shots to the head.
Yoghurtov is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Walnuts wants to control the pace but Yoghurtov is squirming around nicely.
Yoghurtov sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Walnuts working the head and body with strikes.
Walnuts lands strikes from half guard.
Yoghurtov is trying to stand back up but Walnuts is controlling him
Walnuts trying to control the action but Yoghurtov is working from the bottom.

Walnuts seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoghurtov is looking to get back to is feet but Walnuts passes into side control.
Walnuts connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yoghurtov some visible discomfort.

Walnuts decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Walnuts pushes Yoghurtov up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoghurtov looking to throw knees to the head but Walnuts is blocking nicely.

Walnuts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Walnuts or perhaps it was just good defense by Yoghurtov which made him look bad.
Walnuts shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yoghurtov as he avoids it easily.
Andrei Yoghurtov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Walnuts.
Yoghurtov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walnuts counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Walnuts decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoghurtov wants to get back to his feet.
Walnuts wants to control but Yoghurtov is keeping him busy.
Yoghurtov is trying to maintain the position but Walnuts is very close to passing his half guard.
Walnuts working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Walnuts slows the pace down in half guard.
Walnuts prevents Yoghurtov from standing back up.

Walnuts decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Walnuts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walnuts tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yoghurtov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yoghurtov is looking to control Walnuts's arms but Walnuts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yoghurtov has his back to the cage.
Walnuts can't get the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yoghurtov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walnuts's brow.
Yoghurtov misses with an elbow over the top.
Walnuts dodges an elbow strike from Yoghurtov.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walnuts.
Good body shot from Walnuts.
Yoghurtov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walnutss head.
Walnuts is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Walnuts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrei Yoghurtov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yoghurtov wants to clinch

and Walnuts counters by moving into the clinch.
Yoghurtov gets underhooks to prevent Walnuts's takedown attempt.
Walnuts is working for takedown but Yoghurtov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Walnuts stops a takedown attempt from Yoghurtov.
Walnuts is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Andrei Yoghurtov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Walnuts.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoghurtov.
Yoghurtov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yoghurtov tries to land a knee to the head but Walnuts blocks with his arms.

Walnuts gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Walnuts is looking to take a break and control but Yoghurtov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yoghurtov is looking to escape.
Walnuts performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Yoghurtov tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Walnuts has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Walnuts scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yoghurtov?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoghurtov is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Walnuts trying to control but Yoghurtov is having none of it.
Yoghurtov is trying to stand up.
Walnuts scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yoghurtov?

Walnuts wants to finish this one by submission but Yoghurtov is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Walnuts.
Walnuts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yoghurtov is looking to escape.
Yoghurtov really wants to buck Walnuts off and get back to his feet.
Yoghurtov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Walnuts putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yoghurtov is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Walnuts controlling his opponent.
Yoghurtov tries to reverse the position but Walnuts maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Walnuts.

Yoghurtov is rocked!

Walnuts has control of Yoghurtov's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Yoghurtov regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oh Yoghurtov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walnuts with a couple of short strikes.

Andrei Yoghurtov's cut is getting worse.
You get the feeling that Yoghurtov really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Yoghurtov is bucking up trying to escape but Walnuts cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walnuts has hold of Yoghurtov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yoghurtov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Walnuts won't let Yoghurtov get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Walnuts controlling his opponent.
Yoghurtov seems to have got his legs back now.
Yoghurtov tries to reverse the position but Walnuts maintains control.
Walnuts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yoghurtov is looking to escape.
Yoghurtov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Andrei Yoghurtov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Walnuts dominating with strikes here.

Jeez, Andrei Yoghurtov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Willy Walnuts!