PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and B J Sherk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sherk has chosen E Ala E as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Young
vs
J Sherk

185 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
21
169 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, B J Sherk!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherk thuds his shin into the meat of Young's side.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Sherk moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Sherk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sherk checks it well.

Sherk clinches.
Young can't break the clinch.
Sherk stalling.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Sherk is controlling him.
Young tries to circle away but Sherk has him pinned against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Sherk has him pressed against the ropes.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Sherk moves away and avoids it.
Sherk lands with a cross.
Sherk takes one to the chin there.
Sherk lands a nice looking body kick.
Young throws the left hand but Sherk avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sherk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sherk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherk blocks a head kick by Young.
Patrick Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sherk has closed the distance and engaged Young in a clinch.

Sherk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sherk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Young doesn't seem bothered though.
Young takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Patrick Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to de liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sherk checks a leg kick.
Young scores with a nice right hand.
Young looks to land a combination but Sherk avoids it well.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young is breathing heavily.
A big left from Young misses.
Sherk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young lands a head kick!

Sherk forces Young back against the ropes and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Sherk won't allow it.

Young breaks the clinch.
Young throws a hook but Sherk blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sherk gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Young breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sherk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young tries to break free but Sherk pushes him back against the ropes.

Sherk turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sherk manages to end up in side control.
Sherk working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Young throws Sherk to one side and escapes!
Sherk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young throws a hook but Sherk avoids it easily.

Sherk clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the ropes.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Sherk won't allow it.
Sherk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Young's efforts to push away.

Sherk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sherk.
Young looks to throw the jab but Sherk is out of range.
Sherk lands a head kick. Young smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherk staying out of range there.
Young misses with a body shot
and Sherk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Sherk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young throws a head kick that misses
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sherk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sherk connects with a high kick.
Sherk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Sherk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.

Sherk has managed to clinch.

Sherk has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Young uses from the top position.
Young is looking to stand up but Sherk won't let him.
Sherk trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
Young has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sherk is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Young gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sherk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young throws a leg kick
and Sherk counters with an inside leg kick.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Young.
Sherk ducks under a wild hook from Young.

Sherk forces Young back against the ropes and clinches.
Sherk is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Sherk into the ropes.
Sherk has Young pressed against the ropes, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sherk unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Sherk jumps into guard, dragging Young to the mat.

Sherk is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Young stands up from guard. Let's bang!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young misses with an uppercut. Sherk saw that one coming.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sherk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

B J Sherk dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Young throws a combination that misses
and Sherk counters with a stiff right hand.
Young throws a head kick that misses
and Sherk counters with a nice leg kick.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Sherk's shoulder, as Sherk tries to avoid the shot.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young misses with a double jab
and Sherk counters with an inside leg kick.

Sherk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Young breaks the clinch.
Sherk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.

Sherk gets a clinch.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sherk scores with a push kick.
A low kick from Young misses
and Sherk counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick from Sherk lands but Young takes it in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young looks to land a left hand but Sherk moved out of range nicely.
Young throws a lazy head kick

and Sherk counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sherk not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to kick Sherk off but Sherk keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Sherk there.
Sherk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sherk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Young makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sherk.

Sherk clinches.

Sherk manages to pull guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Young tries to stand but Sherk is controlling from the bottom.
Sherk throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sherk manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Young manages to get himself to full guard.
Sherk throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Sherk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sherk stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sherk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
B J Sherk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick there by Sherk.
Young falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sherk counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sherk cracks Young with a big elbow.
Sherk lands a nice forearm strike.
Young managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sherk.
Young is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sherk connects with a decent elbow.
Young managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sherk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Sherk has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Young parries the strikes from Sherk easily there. Sherk is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Young to escape.
Young is pushing Sherk's head away, looking to escape. Sherk manages to hold on to the position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Sherk moves into the clinch.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sherk digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Sherk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Sherk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Sherk has him pressed against the ropes.
Young has had enough of the clinch but Sherk keeps him there for the moment.
Young wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sherk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sherk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sherk staying out of range there.
Young throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Young misses with a hook to the body
and Sherk counters with a body kick that stops Young in his tracks momentarily.
Sherk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young looks to land a right hand but Sherk moved out of range.
Sherk throws a leg kick which misses Young's front leg but catches the back leg as Young tries to avoid it.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sherk.
Young throws a head kick that misses
and Sherk counters with a thumping low kick.
Young is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Young will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Young misses with a double jab
enabling Sherk to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young misses with a double jab

and Sherk counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Young!
Sherk lands a nice shot to the head.
Young is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

B J Sherk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sherk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young looks to throw the jab but Sherk is out of range.
Sherk scores with a nice head shot.
Young misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sherk circles away quickly and effectively.
Young falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sherk moves into the clinch.
Sherk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Young avoiding damage as Sherk throws knees to the body.

Sherk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Young's head.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Young throws a head kick that misses
and Sherk counters with a low kick, right behind Young 's knee.
B J Sherk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sherk feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sherk lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young wriggles free and stands up.

Sherk pushes Young up against the ropes in a clinch.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Sherk is controlling him.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young misses with a kick to the body
and Sherk counters with a head kick. That will keep Young thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Young swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sherk counters with a body kick.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sherk.
Sherk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sherk lands a nice looking body shot.
Young looks to land a left hand but Sherk moved out of range nicely.
Young throws a lazy head kick
and Sherk counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Young is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
letting Sherk counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Sherk slips the punch.
Young throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sherk counters with a head kick.
Sherk lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sherk.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Check out the look on Sherk's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sherk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sherk tries to score with some ground and pound. Young controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Young is pushing Sherk's head away, looking to escape. Sherk manages to hold on to the position though.
Sherk tries to score with some ground and pound. Young controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sherk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Young wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice shot lands for Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sherk.
A big left from Young misses.
A big left from Young misses.
Sherk slips a jab from Young.

Sherk moves into the clinch.
Sherk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young looks to throw a body kick
and Sherk counters with an outside leg kick.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Sherk ducks down to avoid it.
Sherk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sherk throws a head kick that half lands.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Sherk's shoulder, as Sherk tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Young misses.
Sherk slips a jab from Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Young swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sherk counters with a head kick. That will keep Young thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sherk.
Young falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sherk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Patrick Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young misses with a looping right.
A head kick from Young lands but Sherk takes it in his stride.

Sherk scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sherk cracks Young with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sherk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sherk throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sherk in side control lands a decent elbow.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
B J Sherk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
B J Sherk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sherk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... B J Sherk!