PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood has chosen Enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nate Young could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sam Wood's chin.

Young
vs
Wood

182 cm
22
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
194 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nate Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Wood!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young gets caught flat footed, as Wood shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Young wants to sweep here but Wood controlling him for the moment.

Young is looking for a triangle but Wood pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Young is looking for a triangle but Wood pushes his legs off easily.
Wood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Young wants to sweep here but Wood controlling him for the moment.
Wood working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.

Young is looking for a triangle but Wood pushes his legs off easily.

Wood avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wood's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wood scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wood is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Young looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Young is breathing heavily.
Wood working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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.
Wood is looking to improve his position.
Wood is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Young drops an elbow to the side of Wood's head.
Wood wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.
Young moves into full mount! Wood won't be happy about that!
Wood sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to control but Wood is keeping him busy.
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.

Young seems to be working for a kimura but Wood defends the submission attempt.
Wood is looking to improve his position.
Wood is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.

Young is looking for a kimura here.
Young tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wood knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wood 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.
Wood tries to roll over but Young keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Young bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wood knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Young in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Wood is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nate Young!