PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiernan Young (ranked 4863 p4p, 4835 weight class) and Erik Tobin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Young
vs
Tobin

185 cm
18
168
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiernan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Erik Tobin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tobin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Tobin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tobin scores with a jab to the body.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
Tobin lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tobin defends it nicely.
Tobin avoids a kick to the body.
Tobin misses with a hook to the body

and Young moves into the clinch.
Young keeps control of Tobin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tobin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiernan Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tobin is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Tobin is trying to break free.
Young throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tobin's efforts to push away.
Young prevents Tobin from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tobin's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Tobin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Young drops Tobin with a beautiful combination! Tobin stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Young is looking for the KO!

Tobin is rocked!

It looks like Erik Tobin has been cut.
Tobin throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tobin is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Tobin looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Tobin misses with a looping left.
Tobin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Tobin.
Erik Tobin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tobin throws a sloppy body shot

and Young counters by clinching up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tobin wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.

Young pulls guard successfully.
Tobin looking to sit in guard and control but Young gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Young gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Tobin misses the target.
Tobin stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Tobin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tobin prevents a takedown attempt there.

Young jumps into guard, dragging Tobin to the mat.
Young is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Tobin seems to have recovered his senses.
Tobin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young throwing shots but Tobin is blocking nicely.
Young wants to pass the guard but Tobin is defending well.
Tobin wants to control but Young is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Young has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tobin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Young controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tobin is desperately trying to improve his position but Young has a good base and remains in mount.
Young content just to control the position here.
Young has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Young is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Young is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tobin has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Young sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tobin can't escape the position.
Young thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Young looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tobin tries to hold on but Young postures up.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiernan Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Tobin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tobin jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.
Tobin thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Tobin throws out a powerful jab.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tobin throws out the jab.
Young walks into a left hand.
Tobin stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young defending well as Tobin loads up on a big left hand.
Tobin with a jab.
Young misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Young slips a straight right by Tobin.
Young takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tobin throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young with a nice cross.

That has opened up Erik Tobin's cut even more.
Erik Tobin seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tobin.
A counter left hand to the body from Young misses its target.

Young has closed the distance and engaged Tobin in a clinch.
Young fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tobin tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.
Young wants to take the fight to the mat but Tobin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiernan Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tobin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobin tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Tobin is trying to break free.
Young tries to break the clinch but Tobin is controlling the position.
Tobin tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Tobin tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Tobin wants to break free but Young has control.
Tobin wants to break free but Young has control.
Tobin is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Tobin being controlled against the cage.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tobin can do to turn this around?
Tobin tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Young manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tobin wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.

Young jumps guard and drags Tobin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Young trying to control the position here.

Young has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Tobin is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobin is trying to break free.
Young jumps guard but Tobin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Young jumps guard and drags Tobin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Tobin trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
Tobin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Young seems keen to control Tobin's posture.
Tobin trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Young looking for a guillotine here but Tobin defends easily.
Tobin being controlled here momentarily.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tobin but Tobin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Young takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Tobin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Erik Tobin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tobin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tobin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young drops his hands momentarily and Tobin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tobin just misses with a punch to the body.
Young attempts a counter takedown but Tobin avoids it well and moves away.
Young on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tobin clobbers Young with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheers as Tobin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Young doesn't seem phased though.
Tobin throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Tobin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Young drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tobin sprawls and moves away.
Tiernan Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tobin throws out the jab.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tobin circles away.
Tobin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Young darts in and clinches Tobin up against the cage.
Tobin gets underhooks to prevent Young's takedown attempt.

Young ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Young no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tobin preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is working hard here to advance position.
Tiernan Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Young holds on and takes a little breather.

Young wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tobin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Young gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tobin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiernan Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Young.
Tobin scores with a punch to the head.
Young takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Young.
A jab lands there for Tobin.
Tobin scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tobin misses with a wild body shot.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Erik Tobin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young dives in and grabs Tobin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tobin pushes down on Young's head and hops out.
Tobin connects with a looping right hand.
Tobin connects with a single shot there.
Tobin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tobin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tobin throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobin with a nice cross.
Tobin misses the shot to the body.
Tobin lands a jab to Young's midsection.
Young throws a right and a left that Tobin avoids nicely.
Tobin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tobin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
It looked like Young was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tobin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Young looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Young clinches with his opponent.
Tobin is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Tobin is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Tobin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tobin tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Young is looking for a takedown.
Tobin wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
Tobin tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Tobin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tobin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Tobin!