PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chad Joyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch has chosen No Sleep Till Brooklyn as his entrance music. Adam Yauch will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Joyce
vs
Yauch

170 cm
25
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Joyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Yauch!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joyce has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yauch has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Joyce is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yauch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joyce wants a takedown.

Joyce successfully pulls guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Yauch wants to stand but Joyce is controlling his posture from full guard.
Joyce wants to control the position but Yauch says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yauch decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Joyce misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Joyce lands a right hook to the body.
Yauch throws a hook to the side of Joyce's head but Joyce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Joyce clinches up against the cage.

Joyce works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Yauch wants to get back to his feet but Joyce is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joyce throwing strikes but missing.
Yauch managing to control the position.
Joyce wants to stand but Yauch has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Yauch wants to stand up but Joyce is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joyce trying to control the position from guard on top but Yauch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Chad Joyce.
Joyce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yauch misses with an uppercut. Joyce saw that one coming.
Joyce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chad Joyce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joyce fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Joyce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joyce gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Yauch to counter with a crisp jab.
Joyce is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yauch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joyce slips under a jab from Yauch.
Yauch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joyce throws out the jab.
Yauch misses the jab.
Yauch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joyce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joyce fails to land the takedown.
Yauch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice takedown defense from Yauch. No joy for Joyce on that attempt.
Yauch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joyce takes one on the button.
Yauch just misses with a punch to the body.
Yauch is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A big left from Yauch misses.
Nice cross by Yauch.
Yauch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joyce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joyce drops his hands momentarily and Yauch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yauch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joyce slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yauch lands with a right hand.
Joyce misses with a body kick.
Yauch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Yauch dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yauch just misses with a punch to the body.
Joyce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yauch sprawls well. Yauch wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Joyce gets slowly back to his feet.
Joyce dodges the punch combination from Yauch.
Joyce fails with the takedown.
Adam Yauch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yauch throws a hook to the side of Joyce's head but Joyce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yauch just misses with a punch to the body.
Yauch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch connects with a body shot.
Yauch 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.
Yauch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joyces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Joyce has managed to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yauch is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Joyce gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yauch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yauch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joyce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yauch avoids it.
Joyce jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yauch walks away with a smile on his face. Joyce gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Joyce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yauch just misses with a punch to the body.
Chad Joyce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yauch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joyce counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Joyce tries to clinch but Yauch moves away
and Yauch counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Joyce.
Yauch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yauch stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yauch wants it to stay on the feet.
Yauch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yauch cracks Joyce with a good jab.
Yauch with a jab.
Jab, jab by Yauch - just one landing.
Yauch dips to his left and cracks Joyce with an uppercut!
Joyce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joyce doesn't seem bothered though.
Yauch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joyce under the eye.
Adam Yauch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yauch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Joyce has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yauch finds it's way round the side to connect with Joyce's head.
Yauch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joyce.
Joyce on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yauch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yauch misses with an uppercut. Joyce saw that one coming.
Yauch misses with a straight right.
Yauch lands a really nice looking cross but Joyce seems unphased.
Joyce ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joyce shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yauch as he jumps to the side.
Yauch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yauch.
Yauch takes a swing at Joyce's ribcage but misses.
Joyce looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yauch stuns Joyce with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joyce takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yauch throws a right and a left that Joyce avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yauch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joyce under the eye.
Yauch takes a swing at Joyce's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Yauch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Yauch connects with a single shot there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yauch.
Joyce fails with a takedown attempt.

Joyce shoots in and gets a takedown into Yauch's guard.
Yauch trying to control the position here.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yauch scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Yauch connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch misses with a hook.
Yauch scores with a jab to the head.
Yauch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Joyce fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Joyce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab by Yauch.
Yauch tests Joyce's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Joyce.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yauch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joyce.
Joyce walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yauch throws a hook but Joyce blocks it.
Joyce walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Joyce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yauch throws out the jab.
Joyce goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joyce drops his hands momentarily and Yauch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yauch stuffs the takedown attempt from Joyce. Joyce gets slowly back to his feet.
Yauch misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyce closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joyce throws a series of punches but Yauch avoids them all with ease.
Yauch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Joyce has time to react.
Yauch scores with a hook to the body. Joyce takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yauch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Yauch.
Yauch lands with a shot to the body.
Joyce takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yauch jabs at Joyce's body.
Yauch clobbers Joyce with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yauch swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joyce.
Adam Yauch is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yauch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joyce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joyce takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Joyce tries a head kick but it misses.
Joyce takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joyce gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yauch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yauch tries to bum rush Joyce with a series of wild strikes but Joyce uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yauch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Yauch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yauch 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Yauch!
Adam Yauch very nearly forgot to thank Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.