PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between vrach ybiyca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hogan Robson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

ybiyca
vs
Robson

210 cm
23
218 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

203 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, vrach ybiyca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hogan Robson!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ybiyca really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Robson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from ybiyca.
ybiyca misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robson tries to close the distance and clinch but ybiyca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ybiyca scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
ybiyca misses with a double jab.
ybiyca scores with the left hand. Robson knows he should have avoided that one.
Robson dodges the punch combination from ybiyca.
Robson avoids the body shot from ybiyca.
Robson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Robson slips a jab and a cross from ybiyca.
ybiyca looks to land a combination but Robson avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from ybiyca.
Robson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Robson misses.
Robson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ybiyca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A shot to the liver by ybiyca. Beautiful body shot.
Robson is looking to clinch but ybiyca is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
ybiyca lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Robson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ybiyca thuds a left hand into Robson's body.
Robson takes a swing at ybiyca's ribcage but misses.
ybiyca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
ybiyca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
ybiyca scores with a hook to the body. Robson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Robson is looking to clinch.
vrach ybiyca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ybiyca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
ybiyca misses with a series of wild punches.
Robson looks to land a right hand but ybiyca moved out of range.
Robson slips a jab and a cross from ybiyca.
ybiyca throws a right and a left that Robson avoids nicely.
Robson moves in looking to clinch but ybiyca pushes him off.
Robson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ybiyca.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Robson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
ybiyca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robson manages to avoid it.
ybiyca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
ybiyca misses with a wild combination.
ybiyca misses with the combination.
ybiyca misses with a series of wild punches.

Robson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
ybiyca wants to break free but Robson has control.
ybiyca is trying to break free.
ybiyca working hard to break the clinch.
Robson is looking to control ybiyca's arms but ybiyca gets an underhook and turns him. Now Robson has his back to the cage.
Robson throws an elbow but it misses.
Robson misses with a hook to the ribs.
ybiyca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Robson breaks the clinch.
Robson is looking to clinch.
ybiyca is looking to wear down Robson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
ybiyca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca misses with a double jab.
ybiyca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robson tries to close the distance and clinch but ybiyca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robson tries to close the distance and clinch but ybiyca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ybiyca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
ybiyca rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robson throws a series of punches but ybiyca moves out of range.
ybiyca falls off balance throwing a combination

and Robson counters with a single leg into guard. ybiyca didn't expect that.
Robson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. ybiyca swivels though and keeps the full guard.
ybiyca on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if ybiyca tries to get out of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robson content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Robson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as ybiyca works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Robson advances to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ybiyca is staying active underneath Robson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Robson thows a huge punch but ybiyca dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

vrach ybiyca dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

ybiyca swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Robson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Robson.
Robson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
ybiyca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robson avoids it.
Robson tries to land knees in the clinch but ybiyca avoids the damage to the body.
Robson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Robson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
ybiyca takes a knee right on the jaw!
Robson looking to throw knees to the head but ybiyca is blocking nicely.
Robson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from ybiyca.
Robson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Robson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite ybiyca's efforts to push away.
ybiyca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Robson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Robson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
ybiyca takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robson wants to clinch.
ybiyca circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ybiyca.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
ybiyca scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Robson scores with a nice right hand.
ybiyca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Robson lands a big head kick that sends ybiyca tumbling to the mat! Robson takes a step backwards and waves ybiyca back to his feet - he wants the finish!

ybiyca is rocked!
Robson cracks ybiyca with a left hook right on the temple and ybiyca goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Robson lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully ybiyca is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hogan Robson!