PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Young III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pebble Braithweight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braithweight is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 300 violin. The key to victory for Gerald Young III has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Young III
vs
Braithweight

185 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

177 cm
27
170 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald Young III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Pebble Braithweight!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young III swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Braithweight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young III.
Young III throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braithweight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young III.
Braithweight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Braithweight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young III.
Young III looks to throw the jab but Braithweight is out of range.
Gerald Young III seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young III just misses with a punch to the body.
Young III punishes Braithweight's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braithweight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young III will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young III lands with a good body shot.
Young III throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Young III does no damage.
Young III misses the jab.
Young III throws a body punch but Braithweight moves out of range.
Young III misses with a two punch combination.

That's two 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 III throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braithweight throws an overhand right that lands on Young III's shoulder, as Young III tries to avoid the shot.
Braithweight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young III.
Young III misses the shot to the body.
Young III rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braithweight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young III tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braithweight was well out of range. Poor timing from Young III.
Braithweight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young III.

Braithweight gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braithweight is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Braithweight works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braithweight looking to finish Young III with some ground and pound. This is bad for Young III!
Braithweight fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Braithweight working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Young III looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Braithweight! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Pebble Braithweight!