PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Son Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Pippen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan Pippen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Young
vs
Pippen

175 cm
21
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Son Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jordan Pippen!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pippen lands a slapping body shot.
Pippen takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young misses the body punch
and Pippen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
Young throws a body punch but Pippen moves out of range.

Young closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Young lands in his opponent's guard.
Pippen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Young distracts Pippen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Young working some strikes from top position.
Pippen wants to stand but Young is controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Young accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Pippen.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Pippen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pippen keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Pippen trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jordan Pippen was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Pippen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Young to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Young postures up in Pippen's guard and throws a big left but Pippen blocks it.
Young chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pippen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Young has passed into side control.
Young landing a few strikes.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Pippen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Young scores with a couple of short elbows.
Young cracks Pippen with a big right hand but Pippen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pippen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young is putting a hurting on Pippen here, landing some big shots from side control.
Young is working Pippen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Young in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Young lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pippen keeps working.
Young moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is putting a hurting on Pippen here, landing some big shots from side control.
Young is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pippen's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Young wants to control but Pippen is keeping him busy.
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 in side control lands a decent elbow.
Young slows the pace down.
Pippen struggling a bit here.
Pippen looks to move to half guard but instead Young has passed into mount! Damn!
Pippen is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pippen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Young can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pippen is looking to escape.
Young scoring with strikes but Pippen is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Young.
Pippen 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 lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pippen hang on?
Pippen taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pippen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Young breaks from Pippen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pippen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pippen taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Young bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young working the ground and pound from side control.
Young landing a few strikes.
Young wants to control but Pippen is keeping him busy.
Young cracks Pippen with a big right hand but Pippen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pippen wants to get back to his feet but Young drags him back down.
Pippen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Young in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pippen striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Pippen is looking for a sweep.
Pippen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Young working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Young lands a nice short elbow.
Pippen taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen is looking to escape.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pippen can do to turn this around?
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Young is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pippen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pippen keeping full guard, as Young tries to pass.
Young slips nicely into half guard.
Young moves into full mount! Pippen won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling his opponent.
Pippen tries to hold on but Young postures up.
Young controlling from mount.
Young landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Young.
Young working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pippen looks a forlorn figure.
Young scoring with strikes but Pippen is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pippen looks a forlorn figure.
Pippen working to try and regain half guard.
Young with shots to the head and body - Pippen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Young tries to control but Pippen wriggling away.
Pippen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Young with good strikes from the mount here!
Young lands a big shot there that rocks Pippen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Young prevents Pippen from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Young.
Pippen regains half guard.
Pippen is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pippen is looking to escape.
Young content to control rather than advance.
Pippen has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Son Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young wants to take a breather but Pippen is having none of it.
Young trying to control the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Pippen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Young throws a sloppy body shot
and Pippen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pippen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pippen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pippen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pippen throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Pippen misses with a straight right.
Pippen misses the body punch
and Young counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Young shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Young was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pippen taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Young.
Young landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen tries to reverse the position but Young maintains control.
Young won't let Pippen get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pippen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pippen looks a forlorn figure.
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Young is landing with some decent strikes but Pippen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pippen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Pippen is rocked!
Young sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pippen is still in real trouble! Can Young finish him?
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!
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Young drops a big elbow. That's hurt Pippen! More shots from Young and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Son Young!