PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Frost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frost comes into the arena with RAWR blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Frost
vs
Young

177 cm
25
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Young!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Young enables Frost to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Young manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Young throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frost.
Frost with a flurry of punches that miss.
Frost throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Frost working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frost advances position into side control!
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The strikes coming from Frost are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Frost in side control, throwing shots but Young defends.
Young is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Frost's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to escape.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Frost throwing shots but Young is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frost working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Frost moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Young takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Frost creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Young sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Frost seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Frost.
Young is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Frost asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Frost sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Young is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Frost in side control, throwing shots but Young defends.
Young is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Frost has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Young dodges the ground and pound from Frost.
Frost looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Young is avoiding damage well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frost in side control, throwing shots but Young defends.
Young regains half guard, as Frost was trying to land strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Frost thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Frost thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Frost prevents Young from standing back up.
Frost scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Frost tries to pass to full mount but Young defends it.
Frost prevents Young from standing back up.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Frost.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Frost.
Frost looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Frost thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Frost looks to land a strike but Young avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Young is looking to stand up but Frost isn't so interested in that idea.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frost.
Frost 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Young is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Frost is aware though and is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frost throwing strikes but missing.
Frost stops Young from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Frost dominated that round.
That's time! Frost's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Frost slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Frost is trying hard to land a takedown here. Young sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Frost shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Young but Young pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Frost with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Young counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Frost. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frost doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Young counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young prevents Frost from improving his position.
Young not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Frost to stand up.
Young lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Young.
Frost avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frost has his takedown stuffed

and Young counters with a single leg into guard. Frost didn't expect that.
Young has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Frost is proving hard to escape from.
Young preventing the sweep.
Frost has a closed guard, preventing Young from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young postures up.
Frost is controlling Young's posture.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Young throws a right hand that Frost ducks under and follows up with a left that Frost also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young.
Frost changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Young tries to avoid it but Frost manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Young to the ground. Young escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young tries to bum rush Frost with a series of wild strikes but Frost uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frost showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Andre Frost is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frost avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frost looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Frost manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young connects with a high kick.

Young clinches with his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Young breaks the clinch.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Frost misses with a takedown attempt
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Frost, pushing him back against the cage.
Frost is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frost shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Young counters with a three punch combo that has Frost backing up. Frost nods at Young to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Frost. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Young darts in and clinches Frost up against the cage.
Frost has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Young is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Frost.

Young manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost has his takedown stuffed
and Young counters with a two punch combo.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young throws a series of punches but Frost moves out of range.
Young throws a right and a left that Frost avoids nicely.
Frost with a poor takedown
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.
Andre Frost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young instigates a clinch.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Frost takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Young unloads with some shots from mount but Frost bucks and avoids them well.
Young can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Frost is looking to escape.
Frost is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Young working Frost over with strikes here.
Young trying to control but Frost is having none of it.
Andre Frost overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Frost is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throwing strikes here but Frost is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Young controlling from the full mount.
Young punching from mount but Frost doing a good job of avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young wants to control the pace but Frost is squirming around nicely.
Young raining down shots from the mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Young!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Alexander Young waved his t-shirt featuring Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire's logo in front of the cameras.