PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mir might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Spoilin For A Fight . 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.

Mir
vs
Yu

190 cm
34
275 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

195 cm
33
255 lbs
16 - 20 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Yu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir dips to his left and cracks Yu with an uppercut!
Yu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mir throws a leg kick but Yu checks it.
Yu blocks the body kick.
Mir moves away from the strike by Yu.
Yu lands a nice looking body shot.
Mir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jack Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mir tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yu swivels and escapes.
Yu throws a one two combo.

It looks like Frank Mir has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yu.
Yu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mir dodges the punch combination from Yu.
Mir swings for the body but Yu moves out of range.
Yu misses with a leg kick
and Mir counters with a series of strikes. Yu will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Mir with that takedown attempt.
Mir throws a shot from downtown. Yu moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mirs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mir looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yu thows a body shot but no joy.

Mir closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yu to the mat! Yu manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mir looking to sit in guard and control but Yu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yu with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu postures up in Mir's guard and throws a big left but Mir blocks it.

Mir working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yu doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yu manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Yu has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Mir to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Yu is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Mir pulls down on the head and he's put Yu to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Frank Mir!
Post fight, Frank Mir stared into the camera and said 'My aim in life is to rip off Vangelis Kokkalis ARM!!!!!! Your turn will come!!!! '.