PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yio Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buloy Hoyhoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoyhoy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Dissapear kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Yaj
vs
Hoyhoy

188 cm
24
216 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yio Yaj!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buloy Hoyhoy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yaj wants it to stay on the feet.
Hoyhoy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yaj counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Yaj fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hoyhoy to the ground. Yaj is now in Hoyhoy's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Yaj with a nice head shot there.
Yaj throwing strikes but missing.
Yaj postures up in Hoyhoy's guard and throws a big left but Hoyhoy blocks it.

Yaj got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hoyhoy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Yaj has managed to get both his arms back between Hoyhoy's legs - danger averted.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaj throws a big elbow that misses.
Yaj trying to control but Hoyhoy is working from the bottom.
Yaj seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Yaj scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hoyhoy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yaj landing with the ground and pound.
Hoyhoy looks winded!
Hoyhoy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Yaj stands up and waves to Hoyhoy to follow him.

Yaj darts in and clinches Hoyhoy up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yaj is trying to trip Hoyhoy. He has hold of a leg but Hoyhoy is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Yaj persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj trying to control but Hoyhoy is working from the bottom.
Yaj showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yaj throwing strikes but missing.
Yaj is working Hoyhoy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yaj landing with the ground and pound.
Yaj wants to stand but Hoyhoy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj working some strikes from top position.
Yaj advances to half guard.
Yaj slips a nice elbow through Hoyhoy's hands, connecting with Hoyhoy's forehead.
Yaj passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hoyhoy!
Yaj looking to finish Hoyhoy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hoyhoy!
Yaj lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yaj scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yaj fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj lands a big elbow.
Yaj scoring with strikes but Hoyhoy is staying in there.
Yaj postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hoyhoy looks a forlorn figure.

Hoyhoy is rocked!
A big strike lands for Yaj! That's really hurt Hoyhoy and he's turned his back - Yaj keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Yaj jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yio Yaj!
Yio Yaj retains his light heavyweight title!