PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grorge Michelson (ranked 3483 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chengiz Yilmaz (ranked 6868 p4p, 0 weight class). Michelson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Michelson
vs
Yilmaz

182 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid 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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grorge Michelson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chengiz Yilmaz!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yilmaz clinches up with Michelson and pushes him back against the cage.

Yilmaz jumps guard and drags Michelson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Michelson preventing the sweep.
Yilmaz is pulling down on Michelson 's head to control his posture.
Michelson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yilmaz's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michelson won't allow Yilmaz to get back to his feet.
Yilmaz keeping moving, preventing Michelson from controlling successfully.
Yilmaz wants to stand and escape but Michelson is having none of it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yilmaz is on top in guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yilmaz would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Yilmaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yilmaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Yilmaz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Michelson is breathing heavily.
Yilmaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Michelson misses with an uppercut.
Yilmaz unleashes a big counter combination but Michelson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yilmaz gets a double leg takedown into Michelson 's guard.
Yilmaz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yilmaz stands up over Michelson , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Michelson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yilmaz is in close to Michelson 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yilmaz controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yilmaz landing with the ground and pound.
Michelson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yilmaz controls the pace.
Yilmaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Michelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yilmaz's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yilmaz tries to stand but Michelson is controlling from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Michelson gets caught napping as Yilmaz dives in and scores a takedown. Michelson manages to retain guard.
Yilmaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yilmaz advances position into side control!
Yilmaz controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yilmaz wants to stand but Michelson is controlling his arm.
Yilmaz taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chengiz Yilmaz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Michelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yilmaz closes the distance and clinches up with Michelson , looking for a takedown. Yilmaz pushes Michelson against the cage but Michelson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Michelson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yilmaz's waist but Yilmaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Michelson off to one side.

Yilmaz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Michelson napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Yilmaz is trying to get an arm triangle but Michelson is defending well.
Michelson is trying to escape the position but Yilmaz is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yilmaz decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Yilmaz throws a head kick but Michelson moves out of range.
Yilmaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Yilmaz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Yilmaz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yilmaz wants to stand but Michelson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Yilmaz slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Yilmaz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Chengiz Yilmaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yilmaz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Michelson !

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yilmaz dominating with strikes here.
Yilmaz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yilmaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yilmaz with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yilmaz with a couple of short strikes.

Yilmaz wants to finish this one by submission but Michelson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Yilmaz.
Yilmaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Yilmaz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yilmaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yilmaz wants to get back to his feet but Michelson is holding on tight.

Yilmaz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Michelson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yilmaz working for a guillotine from mount but Michelson is in no mood to give up.
Yilmaz controlling his opponent.
Yilmaz landing shots from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yilmaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yilmaz raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chengiz Yilmaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Horrible takedown attempt by Yilmaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Michelson , which made it look bad.

Yilmaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Yilmaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Yilmaz has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Michelson is trying to keep an underhook but Yilmaz manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Yilmaz seems content to control.
Michelson is looking to control Yilmaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Michelson avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yilmaz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Michelson is in trouble now - Yilmaz has advanced to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yilmaz controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yilmaz working the ground and pound effectively.
Yilmaz controlling from mount.
Yilmaz with shots to the head and body - Michelson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Michelson is squirming around, avoiding Yilmaz's attempts to control the action.
Yilmaz is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yilmaz wants to stand but Michelson is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Yilmaz content just to control the position here.
Yilmaz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Michelson looks a forlorn figure.
Yilmaz controlling his opponent.

Yilmaz has hold of Michelson 's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Michelson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michelson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yilmaz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yilmaz is continuing to stall.
Yilmaz lands a big shot there that rocks Michelson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yilmaz controlling the position easily from mount.
The adventures of Yilmaz the control monster continue. Boring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Yilmaz.
Yilmaz lands a nice shot to the head.
Yilmaz controlling the position easily from mount.

Yilmaz get's back to his feet.
Grorge Michelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chengiz Yilmaz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Michelson gets caught flat footed, as Yilmaz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chengiz Yilmaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yilmaz 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chengiz Yilmaz!