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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stewart Bradford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Yakovitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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161 lbs
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175 cm
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stewart Bradford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Yakovitz!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakovitz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yakovitz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Yakovitz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yakovitz punishes Bradford's body with a nice straight punch.
Yakovitz throws a jab when Bradford was well out of range.
Yakovitz misses with an uppercut
and Bradford counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bradford misses with a wild body shot.
Yakovitz scores with a nice strike.
Yakovitz leaves Bradford with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yakovitz throws a shot from downtown. Bradford moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradford takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joseph Yakovitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bradford misses the shot to the body.
Yakovitz misses with a double jab
and Bradford holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bradford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yakovitz lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakovitz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yakovitz throws a hook to the side of Bradford's head but Bradford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bradford misses with a takedown
and Yakovitz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yakovitz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yakovitz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yakovitz cracks Bradford with an open hand slap.
Yakovitz cracks Bradford with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradford shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yakovitz but Yakovitz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stewart Bradford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yakovitz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yakovitz stuffs the takedown.
Bradford defending well as Yakovitz loads up on a big left hand.
Yakovitz cracks Bradford with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yakovitz throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradford walks into a straight right hand from Yakovitz.
Bradford moves away from the strike by Yakovitz.
Bradford with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Yakovitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Yakovitz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bradford had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yakovitz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bradford dodges the punch combination from Yakovitz.
A lazy left from Yakovitz finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Yakovitz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yakovitz throws a looping overhand right but Bradford ducks down to avoid it.
Yakovitz misses with a series of wild punches.
Yakovitz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yakovitz lands a jab to the nose.
Bradford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yakovitz is fending him off so far but Bradford persists. Nope, Yakovitz circles away and we're back to standing.
Bradford has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yakovitz finds it's way round the side to connect with Bradford's head.
Bradford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yakovitz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakovitz lands with an overhand left.
Yakovitz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yakovitz duly obliges.
Yakovitz throws a shot from downtown. Bradford moves away and avoids it.
Horrible takedown by Bradford or perhaps it was just good defense by Yakovitz which made him look bad.
Yakovitz swinging wildly here.
Yakovitz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bradford has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradford closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Yakovitz quickly recovers to half guard.
Yakovitz tries to get to full guard but Bradford has control of the leg.
Bradford wants to stand up but Yakovitz has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Yakovitz tries to roll over but Bradford keeps him under control.
Bradford seems to be working for a kimura but Yakovitz defends the submission attempt.
Yakovitz trying to hold on to Bradford's head to control him but Bradford postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradford prevents Yakovitz from improving his position.
Bradford is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bradford throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yakovitz wants to get back to his feet.
Bradford missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yakovitz is trying to control but can't.
Bradford decides to stand and escape the position.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yakovitz!
Yakovitz is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakovitz lands with a shot to the body.
Bradford shoots for a double leg takedown but Yakovitz sprawls well. He's pushed Bradford's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stewart Bradford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradford shoots in for a double leg but Yakovitz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yakovitz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yakovitz lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradford fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joseph Yakovitz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A jab from Yakovitz finds it's way through Bradford's defenses.
Good standup being displayed there by Yakovitz as he connects with a hook.
Bradford swings for the body but Yakovitz moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakovitz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Yakovitz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakovitz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bradford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yakovitz.
Bradford drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bradford on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bradford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yakovitz throws a big shot that misses.
Yakovitz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yakovitz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bradford.
Yakovitz 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.
Horrible takedown by Bradford or perhaps it was just good defense by Yakovitz which made him look bad.
Yakovitz lands a nice hook to Bradford's body. Bradford takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yakovitz with a nice cross.
Bradford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yakovitz is fending him off so far but Bradford persists. Nope, Yakovitz circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Yakovitz.
Yakovitz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bradford on the side of the head.
Yakovitz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yakovitz throws a combination. Bradford tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Yakovitz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yakovitz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joseph Yakovitz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yakovitz throws out a loose jab but Bradford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stewart Bradford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakovitz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yakovitz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bradford shoots and misses
and Yakovitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stewart Bradford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bradford shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yakovitz 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 Bradford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bradford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yakovitz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stewart Bradford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joseph Yakovitz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yakovitz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Yakovitz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yakovitz 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Yakovitz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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