PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rengar Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Einear Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Einear Yi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Beast
vs
Yi

180 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
161 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rengar Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Einear Yi!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast shoots in but Yi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yi tries to land a leg kick but Beast saw it coming and moves away.

Yi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Beast preventing the sweep.
Beast is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Yi wants to stand but Beast is controlling the position.
Beast stays in close to Yi's body and controls the position.
Yi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beast is controlling him.

We're going to have a standup here because Rengar Beast wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yi stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yi.
Yi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beast checks it well.
Yi misses with a low kick as Beast jumps back.
Beast looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yi is fending him off so far but Beast persists. Nope, Yi circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rengar Beast. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yi scoring well with a low kick there.
Einear Yi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Yi gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Yi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yi is looking to score with low kicks.
Yi connects with a leg kick. Beast looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yi throws a hook to the side of Beast's head but Beast sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yi misses with a looping left.
Yi is looking to chop away at Beast's legs.
Beast looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Beast is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Beast looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yi feints and then cracks Beast's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beast down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beast ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yi cracks the inside of Beast's front leg.
Yi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beast's sensitive parts.

Yi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Yi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yi throws an overhand right that lands on Beast's shoulder, as Beast tries to avoid the shot.
Yi looks to throw the jab but Beast is out of range.

Yi forces Beast back against the cage and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Yi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beast tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beast avoids the body shot from Yi.
Yi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beast's sensitive parts.
Yi throws a low kick but Beast avoids it.
Yi is looking to slow Beast down with leg kicks.
Beast is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Yi forces Beast back against the cage and clinches.

Yi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beast uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yi.
Yi throws a chopping leg kick but Beast manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Yi moves into the clinch successfully.

Yi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yi is looking to slow Beast down with leg kicks.

Yi closes the distance and pushes Beast back into the cage.

Yi breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beast has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beast and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Beast moves out of range of the strikes.
Beast ducks under a wild hook from Yi.
Beast chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yi can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Einear Yi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good leg kick by Yi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beast checks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yi.
Yi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beast checks it well.
Beast checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beast's calf.
Yi scores with a head kick. Beast tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beast slips under a jab from Yi.
Yi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Yi.
Yi throws an overhand right that lands on Beast's shoulder, as Beast tries to avoid the shot.
Rengar Beast is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Yi instigates a clinch.

Yi breaks from the clinch.
Yi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yi moves into the clinch.
Beast being controlled against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yi lands a right hand.
Yi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beast's defenses.

Yi breaks from the clinch.
Beast uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yi.
Yi throws a lazy right hand but Beast sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beast uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yi.

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

Beast is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Yi closes the distance and clinches.

Yi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Einear Yi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beast avoids the head kick by Yi.
Beast 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Yi! Beast is out on his feet! Yi rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Beast is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Beast is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Einear Yi!